In traumatized Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Ebola chaos
By Gail Sullivan and Justin Moyer
WashingtonPost.com
August 8, 2014
The images and reports from Liberia, hard hit by a historic Ebola outbreak, are starting to recall scenes from post-apocalyptic films such as “Contagion” and “World War Z.”
Number of cases: 516. Number of dead: 282. That, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization, which was Aug. 4.
There are bodies in the streets. People are afraid to bury the dead.
Those who are afraid are smart. Ebola is most contagious after it has killed its host.
In Monrovia, the nation’s capital, people are lining up at banks. People are hoarding food. People are fleeing.
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