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Don’t Laugh, Be Ashamed! The CoronaVirus Video from Liberia

Public health practitioners will tell you to minimize the spread of the virus by avoiding contacts, as most infections are caused by microbes that enter the bodies through openings like the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, etc. If we are running towards an infected person with our eyes and mouths open to take in the entire scene (in order to carry the news or gees, as our people say), it is the exact opposite of what health providers advise. Continue Reading

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What Liberia Did Not Learn From Its Ebola Response

My friend was right. If Liberia had a culture where we vehemently confronted our traumas, we would have leveraged the skills and strategies we gathered from dealing with Ebola. Those strategies would have urged our leaders to firmly protect our borders, put in place measures to strengthen our health sector. But instead, our borders were left vulnerable. Our leaders underestimated the intensity of the Coronavirus. Continue Reading