Africans see death in a personal way. and they believe that the dead must be honored and buried in a PROPER way. they are horrified that the bodies of ebola patients are being cremated like garbage. as a result, many families in W. Africa are simply burying their dead in their own backyards. nobody is going to the hospital.

in addition, let me speak about rural African clinics. Ive seen my share close up. you wouldn't take your DOG to be treated at most of these places. medicines are often NOT there at all. "Care" consists of sitting on a dirty bed with no linen. and then going home again. so the truth is ... whether a patient has the common cold or ebola - they don't get much care. the so-called clinic is just a place to die. a graveyard. that is why people dont go.

the casualty figures for ebola that are reported from W. Africa are lowball estimates ... probably by a factor of 2-3. for the reasons I just told you.

Pete