In many respects, for Liberia, the 9th of May will be memorable, a date to be forever etched in history. Liberians will complete our 42nd day of living with no new confirmed transmission of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, an outbreak whose toll included 4,000 of our compatriots, rendered over three thousand children orphans, collapsed our recovering health sector, and crippled the economy.
Aptly referred to as the "greatest threat to public health that this generation has faced," Ebola presented us with a little more than a "threat to public health." The disease robbed us of our way of life. We who are afforded divine blessings by caring for our elderly-we who cherish the opportunity to spend the last of our days surrounded by family and loved ones; we who pride ourselves and believe our duties to each other extend to burying our dearly departed through traditional rituals and religious practices of care by which we console ourselves that our loved ones are journeying to a better place-we were often limited to watching and restricted from touching, as our forefathers taught us to do.
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