In Guinea, riots broke out after medics disinfected a market in Nzerekore. A burial team, which was sent in to collect the bodies of suspected Ebola victims from West Point in Liberia, was blocked by several hundred residents chanting: "No Ebola in West Point." Health ministries and workers started an aggressive Ebola information campaign on all media formats to properly inform the residents and allow aid workers safe access to the high risk areas. This initial misinformation increased the general distrust in foreigners, and the idea that Ebola was not in Africa before their arrival led to attacks on many health workers, as well as blockages of aid convoys blocked from checking remote areas. Thus early in the Ebola epidemic, the song "White Ebola" was released by a diaspora based group and centers on the general distrust of "outsiders" who may be intentionally infecting people. Additionally, folklore and music will often take opposing sides of any story. However the folklore and songs are not only of traditional or ancient historical origins, but are often about current events that have affected the community. Some communities traditionally use folklore and mythical literature, which is often passed on verbally from one generation to the next to explain the interrelationships of all things that exist. In Liberia, Ebola has wiped out entire families, leaving perhaps one survivor to recount stories of how they simply could not be hands off while their loved ones were sick in bed, because of their culture of touch, hold, hug and kiss. According to the Wesley Medical Center, these sorts of traditional norms can be dangerous to those not infected with the virus as it increases their chances of coming in contact with their family member's bodily fluids. This tradition is known as "standing by the ill" in order to show one's respect and honor to the patient. Similarly, some African cultures have a traditional solidarity of standing by the sick, which is contrary to the safe care of an Ebola patient. Specifically, West African resistance to Western medicine is prominent in the region, which calls for severe distrust of Western and modern medical personnel and practices. Therefore, it is difficult for West Africans to adapt to foreign medical practices. For instance, many West African communities rely on traditional healers and witch doctors, who use herbal remedies, massage, chant and witchcraft to cure just about any ailment. In most instances, the effect is a rather negative one as it has disrupted many Africans’ traditional norms and practices. The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa has had a large effect on the culture of most of the West African countries. Kamal Haaasan, The Nostradamus is alive and kicking even in the 21st century.A sign in a Monrovia radio station advising people not to shake hands, as Ebola can be spread through physical contact via body fluids
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But, his incredible predictions include the word ‘Tsunami’ mention in Anbe Sivam (2003) before the real disastrous Tsunami took away many lives in 2004, the Noida serial killers Moninder and Sathish who came to limelight few months after the release of his film Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu – but here, credits to Gautham Menon, the writer of the film, the violent communal riots in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu a year after the release of Devar Magan, the swindling chit companies that came to spotlight two years after the release of Mahanadhi. Kamal Haasan is long-known for his incisive prognostication in many of his films, though some of them could be attributed as ‘mere-coincidence’ and written off. Kamal talks about the virus in a scene where he tries to get back the parcel from Krishneveni Paati. There is a meme which is going viral on all social media platforms over the past few days with a message. When the world has been actively talking about the deadliest Ebola virus, here in Tamil cinema the film buffs are fervently talking about how Kamal Haasan, the Nostradamus as he always has been, prefigured the virus six years back in his film Dasavatharam in a scene.