It is monstrous what they have done.
Here is Paul Farmer and other international "supposed" experts staying in a hotel in Freeport dining in a luxurious restaurant while the people live in extreme poverty. They invited some Ebola survivors to join them. They didn't know what to order because they were unfamiliar with the food items on the menu.
No offer of assistance to help them recover.
The ABC campaign was a mess. Can you imagine how confused the people were with such messaging? In the villages people were dying and they were told it was illegal to pick up the bodies or bury them.
They were supposed to call for an Ebola ambulance but none ever came. Those bodies would just stack up and in that heat they would decay and cause other illnesses. So of course they had to deal with them. Why weren't they given information about how to safely handle the bodies
This is weird.
Ibrahim spoke to Farmer about volunteering to care for patients suffering from Ebola since he had recovered from it, and Farmer and the other experts declined his services using some strange logic that it would cause trauma. Also that he had to be a trained medical professional.
He could have been used in some capacity, since so many medical professionals had died or were ill.
One doesn't need to be a medical expert to clean or spray chlorine.
I get a strong sense that there was a lot of practice going on.
Here's another example- The response became militarized. Checkpoints were set up to stop people from returning or leaving their villages.
Laws were enacted that made it illegal to bury their dead if they died from Ebola. The public was informed daily about the number of new cases. FEAR.
There were stockouts of medical supplies, power shortages, shortages of food and many hospitals were formally closed. There were incinerators to burn medical waste but they didn't work, so it was just dumped next to it.
People were told they had to call for an Ebola ambulance to pick them up if they contracted Ebola, which of course never arrived.
Even the timing is suspect. People would have been weakened after fasting for a month so more prone to contracting it.
What is very disturbing is that there was no advice given as to what to do or take if one became ill.
At a minimum staying hydrated and seeking help early.