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(random) Life and Death Storytelling
16 years ago
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This is a tale from a Scienceblogs writer about his remote African study site, a rabid dog, and unorthodox, life and death storytelling...
The dog disappeared into the forest never to be seen again. The people who were bitten were not concerned because the bites were minor. Rabies, it turns out, was not a disease on the consciousness of the people living here. Grinker and I spent a long time, gathering elders and other influential individuals together, showing them medical books, explaining the nature of the disease, trying to convince the community to convince these six people that they were in danger and that we needed to do something to save them...
Attack of the Hound of Malembi
Gave me chills.
kitsubaka
~kitsubaka
Oh my god that boiled my blood; but I am very happy that the six infected are okay :[
crystal-fox
~crystal-fox
The writer handled that situation in exactly the right way! The lack of charity shown by the missionaries made me sad.
