The Siren Effect - The inescapable sounds of a country affected by Ebola
The world is on edge of the devastation that Ebola has unleashed on affected countries in West Africa. Accouring to the World Health Organization t here have been 9,936 Ebola cases so far this year and 4,877 people have been killed by Ebola. In an increasingly insular world where cultural crossroads are a necessity for normalcy, there is increased xenophobia and anxiety induced by the thought of a global outbreak. No sentence is complete without the word Ebola. My friend Jani is a citizen of Liberia, one of the countries most affected by the outbreak cannot escape the ‘threats,’ real and imagined. In her brief musing about the effect it has on her psyche, she has coined a term for her condition and the condition of those around her as the ‘Siren effect’. The change in cultural norms should not be frowned on. But my fear is that after Ebola, they may never return. Siren Effect - Jani Jallah It’s 10: 29p.m. on a Monday night. I am ly...