The major news everywhere today is president Johnathan’s condemnation of the late Sawyer who preferred to die of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria than
Liberia. Here is my favourite part of his speech, “Sawyer that brought this
Ebola to Nigeria; his sister died of Ebola. And he started acting somehow, his
country asked him not to leave the country, let them observe him, but the crazy
man decided to leave and found his way here.” I wish this could remedy the
situation. Where was he and others when the outbreak was reported in other
parts of West Africa? Oh I remember, they were too busy with election campaigns
and Boko Haram to remember that Nigeria was part of West Africa!
This whole Patrick Sawyer’s story has many loose ends. First,
he was in Nigeria on official assignment as a diplomat. Second, he was under
watch in Liberia and was not allowed to travel. How the hell did he exit Liberia
when he was under surveillance without Liberian officials knowing? The third
story I read this evening is that he was furious with the doctors for
suggesting he may have been infected with Ebola virus and asked to leave the
hospital. The Liberian Ambassador even tried to influence the doctors so he is
discharged from the hospital. Hmm something is not adding up here and this
story is not plausible. If he was under surveillance as Liberian government
claims, how come the embassy didn’t have this information?
We can keep going on about how sinister the late Sawyer was
but we still cannot change the fact that Ebola virus found its way to Nigeria
somehow and when no one was watching. Nigerians are still afraid of testing for
HIV, how will they report to the hospital even when they have this virus? How
and where will Nigeria begin the search for Ebola virus in order to contain it?
As ignorant as some people are, they will rather die in their houses than seek
medical care. Early detection is the key to survival guys. God help Nigeria!
Please remain happy and spread happiness around. Xoxo
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