When bad roads hamper the Ebola fight

[wardrover]

A short video news report about vehicles transporting Ebola patients having to deal with deteriorating road conditions.

http://www.wsj.com/video/in-ebola-f...ads/C2FD2EA3-1EB3-4363-A1E1-D0096E71D35B.html

 

[libarata]

Bad weather both helps, and hinders the fight. If the infected can not move, the virus is contained.

 

[DiploStrat]

Sadly, the infected can move only too easily, on foot. In fact, a traditional form of transportation in Liberia was in a hammock, hung from a pole shared between two men. A person or cargo rode in the hammock.