From a Nairalander;
Few minutes
ago, While drinking water before I left a garden somewhere in Garki
Abuja where I just had lunch. I saw 3 young men holding a huge live rat
they just caught in the garden. Out of curiosity, I asked them if they
were aware of Lassa fever and to my greatest surprise they knew nothing
of such. From a distance, I watched them slaughter the rat, smoke it and
proceeded into the kitchen where the food I ate came from.
This
is a clear evidence that the publicity and enlightenment campaign given
to the disease is below sufficient. I'm starting to believe what a
caller on radio said some days back; that unlike Ebola, the poor are
more vulnerable to Lassa fever hence the government won't give it
adequate attention.Meanwhile, I just had lunch in this garden, and starting to get worried if I may have contacted the disease, and I'm picking up my daughter from school in another 2 hours. Please guys can one get tested for Lassa fever like you get tested for HIV
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