...ON EBOLA ALERT Yesterday, I had information from a very credible source (based on a WHO alert, no less) on a suspected Ebola case at Nyaho Hospital. I shared the information responsibly by doing the following: 1. I called two people associated with the government who I have reason to believe will know. The first person said he will not comment. The second did not pick the call neither returned it. I sent the person a text message. No response. 2. I did not name the hospital, the subject/patient (who I was informed has expired), nor any staff of the hospital that were quarantined. 3. I indicated that samples have been sent to Noguchi for confirmation, and 4. Requested for corroboration from my audience. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey all but, in the oblique way that security people communicate, substantially confirmed my story. Then the Ministry of Health subsequently scrambled to issue a press release also confirming the story, having failed to inform the public in the first place. I have no regrets for forcing the Government to come clean. I will do same, over and over again. If you have a government whose Ministers instruct Information Officers to tell the public they have seen a Fat White Cow when what they see is a Small Black Sheep, you have no reason to trust it one bit and I am fully convinced that if I had not shared the information, the authorities will be sitting pretty tight, thinking of ways how to tell lies to us. Having said that, I am pleased that the MoH indicated that there is no cause for alarm. Lets hope this is true. Good morning folks.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:51:10 +0000
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