Perhaps, the greatest catastrophe in the first ever recorded Ebola virus death in Nigeria is not in the scary incursion of the highly infectious disease, but in the potential psychological damage the unfortunate incident might set off in the religion-soaked minds of some Nigerians. For those who read the hand of the divine in every circumstance, there is a tendency to give an apocalyptic tint to the emerging tragedy and then activate a mental shut down, which would effectively pose a threat to the global fight to contain the deadly epidemic.
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