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Add cultural conditioning to the barriers list. Animist beliefs twist perceptions in the affected areas. All too many in the poorest sections believe that Ebola is caused by witchcraft, a curse placed on the victim.
There is fear of the doctors and nurses at the ebola treatment centers. People are seen entering with seemingly minor symptoms and then within a short time dying in horrific condition. Health workers have been stoned.
As the epidemic spreads more western repoters have arrived and started posting of their encounters and those accounts at times erode hopes for a quick curtailment of this outbreak.