From a heart with great concerns, not just for his nation or continent, but for the world he desires to see, a better place, Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwe's richest man voices out on the issue of the Ebola Virus Disease, which has become a great threat to the continent of Africa, and even the world.
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which has broken through the coast and boundaries of five countries in Africa since its recent March outbreak, has become a household name, 'ebola', a 'terrifier' of the unprotected and threat to the yet-not-affected.
In his recent post on Facebook, Dr. Strive, as he's mostly called, compares the ignorant attitude of people towards the Ebola virus outbreak to that of the HIV/AIDs outbreak in Africa. He said, "I remember the ignorance, then the fear, the superstitions. I remember the lies, and the denials. Then, I heard about people who had died, then I knew people who had died, and soon it was my friends and my family. At the time, they said it was far, far away, in strange and remote countries of Africa. How can it come here, they asked? ...And so it spread.... We should not allow this to happen again!"
According to a BBC report, up to 23 October, 4,922 people had been reported as having died from the disease in five countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the United States. A further death has been reported in Mali.
Dr. Strive further writes to beseech all Africans, and the world at large to join him in the fight against ebola. He said,"We can stop the spread of this disease, but it requires each one of us. Yes, this is not a problem that is going to be solved by the United Nations, or the United States, or the Europeans. It can only be stopped by each one of us, acting as a global citizen. I say global citizen, because Ebola does not know borders, or race or age, or skin colour. It will kill anyone who gets infected; rich or poor, old or young. You and I must take responsibility to stop, this Ebola".
So far, the total number of reported cases is in excess of 10,000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) admits the figures are underestimates and warns there could be as many as 20,000 cases by November if efforts to tackle the outbreak are not stepped up. CDC experts have also predicted an upsurge to the rate of 1 Million Ebola Cases by January 2015.
The question to all is, what are you doing, in your 'capacity' to help contribute to bringing down the mighty wall of Ebola???!!!.
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