Attacking the information failures on Ebola
By Lara Setrakian and Pardis Sabeti
Oct 15 2014
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Misinformation has also led to a devastating stigma around survivors. Dr. Melvin Korkor, a senior physician and professor at Liberia?s College of Health Sciences, was one of the first patients to survive Ebola. But since then he says he?d been shunned by friends and colleagues. Even his children have been treated like outcasts.
As he explained to our reporters, that?s not only hurtful to him; it?s harmful for Ebola patients, compounding the emotional toll and making it harder for them to recover. ?Ebola is something that is very stressful,? he told us. ?Depression is contributing to the mortality rate.?...
