When Fact and Fiction Collide
When an epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2018– the ninth, I felt great sympathy for its people who have suffered so much from this awful disease. This was replaced by relief when it was declared over towards the end of July.
When however, a new outbreak was reported less than one month later, I felt as if I was caught up in a horror story - so much so that a truly awful thought occurred to me. THESE OUTBREAKS WERE BEING CAUSED DELIBERATELY.
The tendency to dismiss this as crazy was immensely strong, after all, who in their right mind would do such a thing and for what possible reason?
Fighting disbelief at every turn, but feeling compelled to follow up on the thought, I came up with possible answers to the who and why questions and decided to write MIASMA.
The story is fiction - a challenge for Dr Steven Dunbar - but the facts surrounding the tenth epidemic of Ebola in DRC are coming uncomfortably close. Current figures:- 2,700 cases, 1700 deaths including over 100 aid workers and now spreading to adjoining countries. (August 2019)
When however, a new outbreak was reported less than one month later, I felt as if I was caught up in a horror story - so much so that a truly awful thought occurred to me. THESE OUTBREAKS WERE BEING CAUSED DELIBERATELY.
The tendency to dismiss this as crazy was immensely strong, after all, who in their right mind would do such a thing and for what possible reason?
Fighting disbelief at every turn, but feeling compelled to follow up on the thought, I came up with possible answers to the who and why questions and decided to write MIASMA.
The story is fiction - a challenge for Dr Steven Dunbar - but the facts surrounding the tenth epidemic of Ebola in DRC are coming uncomfortably close. Current figures:- 2,700 cases, 1700 deaths including over 100 aid workers and now spreading to adjoining countries. (August 2019)
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