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| In Ebola-Hit SLeone, Dignity in Death Protects the Living |
| 2014-11-16 |
| [AnNahar] Sierra Leone's Ebola burial boys wrap the highly-infectious body and present it to the family for dignified last goodbyes before it is taken gently away. Removal of the dead is a necessarily traumatic experience for those left behind, but the process is a far cry from the way things used to be done. In the panicked early days of the outbreak, when the only consideration was sanitation, teams of what looked to shellshocked relatives like space men would come to pick up the dead. |
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