Would you agree that the African culture itself—still strongly infused with superstition—is playing no small part?
A belief that simply saying Ebola aloud makes the disease appear; that every death is triggered by enemies using witchcraft; that docs are deliberately killing patients and harvesting their organs; that Ebola is a punishment for sexual promiscuity, and more.
Of course, lest Westerners feel too superior, during Europe’s Black Death decades it was common knowledge that the plague was spread by the wind, caused by steam arising from the earth, a punishment from God for human sin, and the most popular: the Jews, aided by the devil, were poisoning the wells.
All that is needed to make a happy life is within yourself, in your way of thinking. -Marcus Aurelius
