Showing posts with label African health awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African health awareness. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2020

The rise of misleading Ebola articles and their impact on readers

 

The Ebola virus
The Ebola virus


There are many false articles about Ebola floating on the internet to mislead the public, especially Africans. In the minds of the developed world, Africans don't read; therefore, there is no way to find out the truth.

 

They take their time to write false articles, believing that it will help to divert the mind of an African. Today, I have taken one from a famous and trusted Health Website in America for Africans to be very careful when they see such articles. Below is the article entitled: 

 

"Genetics Showed How Ebola Traveled In West Africa"

 


According to the World Health Organization, the number of Ebola outbreak victims in West Africa in 2013–2016 exceeded 11,000. Most of the deaths occurred in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. In December 2016, the WHO reported that testing an experimental Ebola vaccine showed its high efficacy.