Nigeria: Ogbodo - Profit and Loss Account of Ebola

31 August 2014
opinion

THESE are very trying times. Just when we thought that the ravaging microscopic monster called Ebola virus had been adequately contained in Nigeria, it resurfaced somehow in Port Harcourt, the oil city, where there is so much money and therefore so much merriment and body contact. This is very disturbing. The virus does not recognise social lines. It kills both princes and paupers and with the same ruthlessness. It replicates in millions once contracted and kills the carrier in a question of days. It is close to a death sentence once confirmed, which explains why the emphasis has been more on containing the virus from spreading to others, than managing proven cases.

So far, three locations have been mentioned in connection with the virus in Nigeria. These are Lagos, Enugu and now Port Harcourt. Everybody is hoping that more towns are not going to be enlisted in this game of death. The beautiful thing is that the campaign against the spread of the virus is sinking very well. People are taking seriously every theory of prevention. If it is bitter kola, everybody goes for it. If it is salt solution people also obey without asking questions.

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