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Ebola victims are most infectious right after death?which means that West African burial practices, where families touch the bodies, are spreading the disease like wildfire.
From 8am to midnight, wearing three pairs of gloves, the young men of Sierra Leone bury their dead. An activity that?s earned the Red Cross recruits an unwelcome designation: The Dead Body Management Team.
Some days, just one call to collect a newly deceased Ebola victim comes in from the Kailahun district. Some days, the team receives nine. The calls from medical professionals at isolation centers are met with relief. These bodies have been quarantined. The infection can?with copious amounts of disinfectant and meticulous attention to detail?end there. Once cleaned and sealed in two body bags, the corpse will be driven to a fresh row of graves. In gowns, boots, goggles, and masks, the men will lower the body into a six-foot grave below. These burials aren?t just compassionate?they?re safe.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/kissing-the-corpses-in-ebola-country.html
From 8am to midnight, wearing three pairs of gloves, the young men of Sierra Leone bury their dead. An activity that?s earned the Red Cross recruits an unwelcome designation: The Dead Body Management Team.
Some days, just one call to collect a newly deceased Ebola victim comes in from the Kailahun district. Some days, the team receives nine. The calls from medical professionals at isolation centers are met with relief. These bodies have been quarantined. The infection can?with copious amounts of disinfectant and meticulous attention to detail?end there. Once cleaned and sealed in two body bags, the corpse will be driven to a fresh row of graves. In gowns, boots, goggles, and masks, the men will lower the body into a six-foot grave below. These burials aren?t just compassionate?they?re safe.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/kissing-the-corpses-in-ebola-country.html