Watching doctors from all countries admitting where they made mistakes, where they could do better and taken responsibility even for things not in their control - and than watching ministers and government still covering their asses and admitting nothing even when the whole world knows where they got wrong.... Those doctors, and nurses a real heroes in that story.
AMERICANS REALLY NEED TO READ THIS………………….IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE…………………..The Ebola virus actually mutated and managed to find its way into the United States via a CONGOLESE AIRLINES Cargo jet- to be precise a Boeing 747-400. The government wary of causing mass panic isolated the crew but it was too late. Small but seemingly innocuous outbreaks have been noted I rural Texas as of February 2024, although the victims experience mild symptoms. However, the CDC says that in summer, things could explode into an infection of cataclysmic proportions on a proportion of the Corona virus-only with more morbid physical symptoms.
Hearing the man describe the death of his child just stomps your guts and takes a piece of your soul. There could be no worse misery than the loss of your child. I pray he can find peace
The saddest part was he wanted the help. I would say 99% of the other people in any given country in Africa thought that it was a conspiracy he just really genuinely wanted help and didn't know what to do and there was no one there to help him because Obama was too busy dressing his boyfriend up😢
The doctor packing the body away at 41:23 really hit hard. You can hear their the pain in their breathing. Doctors without borders and the nurses who sacrificed their own lives for this are truely amazing.
You can hear the doctor or nurse crying while packing the body he is a doctor but a human also with feelings every death made them question themselves and there knowledge I know it because I have met many
Honestly, its shocking to think folks were doing that in hospitals every day just 18 months ago. Its unfortunate Frontline is probably going to do another version of this just for what happened throughout 2020 and 2021
They are part of the problem……. Along with all the religious who go and drill wells. Making these desolate places hospitable makes them believe that everything is perfect to make more babies.
See the amazing true story of Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh from Lagos, Nigeria that got the first Nigerian Ebola patient in her hospital. She stopped him from leaving to board a flight, and her quick actions were pivotal in stopping the spread of Ebola in Nigeria. The movie's name is "93 days". It is a portrayal of her heroism, selflessness and sacrifice. Only 8 people died of Ebola in Nigeria, unfortunately, she was one of them. Her last call was to her son to wish him happy birthday.
Non sense As Covid proved All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west HIV is another one Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks From west Africa 🦅
Finda's story is heartbreaking. Imagine losing a family member each day for 4 days then going for help only to lose a child and another and another. I hope her 3 surviving children have thrived and her pain is manageable today.
Yet it is also incredible that she had 3 living children because I believe the 2014 had a 80_90% mortality so there’s that silver lining which I doubt is ever gonna ease her pain but it is an amazing tail of survival of not just her but her 3 children and the fact that through this disease which is so horrific they had each other when many people had no one left
I wish I could find her and personally reach out to her and see what she would like or needs to help her get back on her feet and tell her she is loved and her life is a blessing and. hope she is not suffering from people knowing her loved ones were lost to Ebola. Praying for their spirits olur
@@calvin99991 nobody is stopping me, I just dont know how exactly yet, do you have any suggestions? They will be appreciated and actually have no idea much about that country too, not that I am to visit, just other than the examples of their government reactions and assumptions I am sure are wrong. Except for knowing that common feeling of dispare. Support comes from all kinds of sources, maybe the greatest variety can shrink it.. like a cancer, but of the spirit. I will start checking later tonight . take care
It's really not foreigners business to come in and save lives, you know it wouldn't be the same in reverse. Now what you should be mad about is when foreigners come in and deliberately hurt a place/people, like the way the us has done to south american/central american nations, etc.
“The world” stepped up here when properly notified of the scope of the issue.many countries sent many people in to help, but as they said here, it was on the people in the line of fire of this horrible illness to curtail the local spread, which they eventually did…the inadequacy began with the WHO and the local governments, who kept the lid on this thing for 10 entire months.
@@NickMak-m2cwhen those foreigners exploit a place for its wealth, they are absolutely responsible for assisting it in times of need. the u.s. isn't alone in colonialism but we sent exponentially more aid and competent personnel than france ever did(despite the majority of western and central Africa being under colonial rule by them to this day).
Scarier than any horror movie. The doctors and staff who cared for these patients are heroes. I can't begin to imagine what the infected and their families went through...
These people shown ,are genuinely, truthful, authentic HEROS🤲( Doctors,nurses,caregivers) everyone that helped in the face of this brutal disease..prayers to the ones that sacrificed and died, along with all the victims.. god have mercy on us..
You're right about them being heroes. Most of their hearts were in the right places and they knew they were taking big risks. A lot of mistakes were made by them too, though. Obviously, the nurse who yelled in the market that Ebola didn't exist didn't do much good. Her heart might have been in the right place but her head sure wasn't.
@@Rodekuhr nurses can be as mentally unwell as anyone else so she could be both. Believing something false isn't proof of a mental illness, though. Lots of people who were likely not mentally ill thought Covid-19 was a hoax or that vaccines never work.
What a precious person that you had to love. I am so sorry for your awful loss. I pray that you may have peace and may sometime find joy again in your life. I imagine that people are alive today because of your partner...
AMERICANS REALLY NEED TO READ THIS………………….IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE…………………..The Ebola virus actually mutated and managed to find its way into the United States via a CONGOLESE AIRLINES Cargo jet- to be precise a Boeing 747-400. The government wary of causing mass panic isolated the crew but it was too late. Small but seemingly innocuous outbreaks have been noted I rural Texas as of February 2024, although the victims experience mild symptoms. However, the CDC says that in summer, things could explode into an infection of cataclysmic proportions on a proportion of the Corona virus-only with more morbid physical symptoms.
Doctors without Borders and the nurses are true heroes! I feel heartbroken for the trauma they all, including the citizens, went through. That poor woman who is crying about her family members dying in her arms. I know there is no mental health treatment for her, and she will have to live with this forever.💔
The volunteers are wonderful people who are dedicated and brave, but I honestly wonder what the outbreak would have looked like if foreign organizations didn't get involved? The superstitions, distrust, and misinformation led the infected individuals to spread the virus to escape the foreign doctors. I'm honestly curious if it would have spread so far, if the villagers kept believing it was witchcraft? Those villages would have suffered very high mortality rates, but would it have been more contained? I don't know.
The contribution of science in addressing the Ebola virus is what saved the day. If you wish to thank God fine - but credit the science and know-how of those who stepped in. Brave souls. To let Ebola take its course would have decimated the continent. It was then categorized as 100% deadly. Major actions were taken to hyper quarantine people who left Africa and landed in the US and were infected, or might be infected.- Health workers. Lots of press on it at the time.
@@wsol80 I highly doubt that it would be more contained without the foreign help. Lol did you pay attention? It spread to Sierra Leone because no one recognized it. The witchcraft and rumors of cannibalism was another reason it spread. You see how they all touched the body of the dead? There's a reason with education these practices are dropped.
@@wsol80 that's impossible, like shown at the beginning with Koumba eventually there will be people who leave and take the virus with them somewhere else spreading it, it was all but an eventuality.
I got an eerie feeling when the narrator mentioned officials being worried about the next outbreak and not being prepared, given that this documentary is from 2015.
There has been more then 4 Ebola outbreaks since this episode happened in west Africa. They have been fighting it consistently in the DRC and neighboring countries on and off up to today.
I worked as a community health education for the Liberian national Red Cross. It was challenging from onset of the outbreak to get people to listen to awareness messages we were disseminating but as the situation became deteriorated, people began taking relevant actions to help curtail the spread. This was definitely a terrifying time.I’m grateful to have helped saved my community.
why don't you tell everybody if you know you can't catch a virus unless it's injected into your body a needle blood somehow has to be put into your body bats in the tree I find that unbelievable But thank you for your service
please details of the story. i'm facinated in listening to these antodotes. in a room full of people who (age-wise) were the quickest to listen to the warnings and how many people would listen (percentage). what kind of warnings did they more likely heed compared to others. ie wishing and vs don't touch dead bodies. because some culture has funeral/burial practices the latter message might be harder to prevent.
I'm a retired ICU nurse. I worked at a level one trauma center in northern California. I was one who trained to be on the Ebola team to care for the patient(s) should an Ebola patient be recognized in the ER or transported to the facility. I remember watching Dallas carefully since that easily could have been us. It was a nerve-wracking time, especially anytime someone presented with possible signs until ruled out.
Watching this I realized that people are just alike. The same way some Africans were like Ebola wasn’t real, is the same way republicans on social media said COVID wasn’t real. All while our families are dying right in front of us.
Watching this I realized that people are just alike. The same way some Africans were like Ebola wasn’t real, is the same way republicans on social media said COVID wasn’t real. All while our families are dying right in front of us.
@@rickybrown7687 I thought of that too. We were just darn lucky that the Coronavirus isn't anywhere near as deadly as Ebola is or we'd have been toast. The entire U.S. would have been toast.
Only at the beginning. My heart breaks for Etienne for his terrible loss. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to suffer so much in a family you come to believe you’ve been cursed. Bless his soul.
I was there in Monrovia, lived through it and experienced everything! It was one of the worst experiences of my life. Only God knows how I came through…only he knows how I managed to survived this Ebola outbreak. How was it possible to not be infected when you are out there looking for ways to feed your family daily? Thanks to all the volunteers, countless people, countries who came to our aid in our darkest times! God! Thank you! May all our brothers and sisters who are no longer with us because of this pandemic rest in peace. 🇱🇷✌️
@@pamelabarbato1623 can’t say a lot on that cause it originated from our neighboring countries and the theory was that, bat may have contributed to the Ebola outbreak. Whatever it was that caused it,only God knows…
I can't stop crying when I see the Mother of those children having to hold her children in her arms as they died. My heart breaks into hundreds of pieces!!!
“We did everything we could.” That worker said exactly what my cousin who was a Covid nurse all through the pandemic in the USA. To her it felt that hopeless at points too. I need to check on her as she had left nursing for at least a hiatus. Ebola would have been an awful pandemic…Covid was horrible too.
Will Lyman is one of the best narrators there has ever been!! I’ve been watching Frontline for decades, since I was a child, and they put out the best documentaries out there, HANDS DOWN! I’m always super excited when a new one is ready to premiere. I always learn so much. ❤
11:58 That guy's criticisms of the WHO - the ineffectiveness, indecision, confusion, etc. - is even more frustrating considering how little would change by Dec. 2019.
And now countries are surrendering their soverignty to WHO in the event of another pandemic. Disturbing to say the least. WHO is not a good organization the world can and should do much better.
WHO is ill prepared for epidemics. It responded for Ebola in Africa in a snail pace, while Coronavirus like a cheetah, since it is a first world disease.
Fear and lies and ignorance are very deadly. This is a tragedy that could have been limited. So many heart breaking challenges for those that had to watch their children and others die. Thank you “frontline “.
If we look back on how the members of our societies behave through Covid 19, we become utterly modest... I.e. panic mode in which people are caught... I.e Denial as a coping strategy And all the countless "half-criminals" taking the opportunity to destabilize society or steal lots of money's Profoundly disgusting
Out this tragedy I hope that those countries and the entire West African states have invested more on healthcare infrastructure and education. Be prepared for the worst
It took me so much courage to watch this documentary, I was there and saw it all, it killed so many people. I survived the Liberian civil war, lived in exile in Gueckedou, Guinea for more than 8 years, only to come back home to build back my life and Ebola came. It was so terrifying and so devastating. I can’t never imagine what we went through. May the almighty continue to comfort all those that lost their loved ones to Ebola. Only God almighty can erase those horrible memories from our hearts and minds.
Almighty my ass ,if it is so great of an almighty why didn't it never happened? When Europeans and Arabs gave you Africans religion, books of religion and their gods you Africans strayed from your gods and practices and embrace what was given to you
I totally agree with you, as a Chinese working in Liberia for five years long in S.K.D. Complex, the deadly ebola just passed when I reached there in 2015 but I still felt the horror and hopelessness from what the people around told me. I always remember the time spent there with the lovely and great people, may God bless them with His mercy and love, no more suffering and strugglings haunt.
My heart goes out to the lady and her three kids that survived so much loss. I wish I could find her and help her make the rest of her life spent under the best of circumstances.
Non sense As Covid proved All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west HIV is another one Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks From west Africa 🦅
Like "@Vince A" said in a comment here. Thwy are plenty of people like that lady in similar or exact scenarios. You don't need to find the exact person to find desperate people needing help. Don't even need to travel to Africa or overseas. There are plenty of desperate people looking for help, wherever you're from M.
My heart broke for the mother and father who lost so many family members.. I wanted to reach out and give them a big hug 😢 The bravery and dedication of the medical staff who went into those ebola wards is wonderful to see 😊❤
It is really infuriating seeing some of the interviewees particularly from Africa smiling after admitting how badly they reacted. People died horrible deaths and your smiling!? You helped create a full blown international outbreak.
As a nurse I can not imagine what these workers went through seeing this amount of death and suffering. These poor people, who struggle everyday under poverty, but to go through seeing so many of your loved ones die this way, to have no where to turn for help, but to die on the side of the road like an animal. This breaks my heart. What a horrible situation, I pray that they now understand how to coordinate and respond to another outbreak which is going to happen. How horrible. My thoughts are with those who went through this horrible outbreak x
I would for one would like to know because on your story u did not say how it first started yes it was the small kids there at the bar tree but was one of the kids bitten or was exposed to there droppings air what was it please let me know
@@alfredobaktazar6957 The transmission to humans comes from "bush meat" with the fruit bats thought to be the main reservoir, who can then infect other wild animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, antelope, and porcupines, if the animal is infected and symptoms have started in the animal, then the virus,. through hunting, butchering, preparation, and handling raw meat can then be transmitted to humans, through cuts, mucus membranes etc. although if the meat is properly cooked the virus becomes inactive. it. i hope this makes sense. :}
Back in the 90s, I was doing volunteer work for People Living with AIDS. I as also a college student and doing an argument paper on the disease. I got several books out of the library, including "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" by Laurie Garrett. I intended to only read about AIDS, but I read the entire tome of nearly 800 pages! I had never heard of Ebola. I was horrified by the description of the disease. I cannot even begin to imagine what it must have been like for people to watch as so many died without even a diagnosis.
@@judithjohnson2598 Laurie is one of my most revered authors. I was thrilled to see her being interviewed during the start of the Covid crisis. As my mother would've said, "she's one smaht cookie!" We were from Boston …
I remember when this was actually happening. It was scary to think how easily it spread and such a great loss of life. This video certainly brought it home that these were real people, and not just statistics.
Wow. I remember when this was happening. My heart goes out to each and every family affected by Ebola. And especially to those parents who lost children.
I was surprised at how Finda seemed okay health-wise whilst her whole family was getting sick and dying. Amazing she survived and also 3 of her children. I'm glad she still has them. Scary stuff.
Very. Ebola Zaire has the highest mortality rate. Considering what the Ebola filovirus does to the human body, it is astonishing that anyone survives EVD at all.
4:11 is the beginning of my heartbreak while watching this documentary. As Etienne recalls the worst days of his life are so so sad. His face says he is still in mourning. 🙏💜✌
Theseee subbhumnasss are a liabilityyy on the face of planett earthh.....they are a failed racee....even my poor country India is miless aheadd from thesee people.. it's like thesee africansss..sub sahanranss continue to live in the bygone era....i don't feel badd for themm...they shouldn't existt
The WHO didn't ignore the situation. Did you watch this entire documentary? The WHO and the rest of the international community doesn't have control over these countries. It's odd how some people simultaneously blame Western countries for interfering in African affairs yet expect those same countries to fix any problem that arises. You can't have it both ways. Doctors Without Borders and WHO tried to help but this documentary made it very clear that the governments within these countries were largely to blame for the rapid spread of the virus. The governments within these countries didn't take the danger seriously. It's absolutely heartbreaking but the lack of knowledge within the local populations also played a part in the spread. These poor people didn't understand what precautions to take. They didn't trust the warnings from foreign doctors and their own government didn't effectively communicate what steps needed to be taken.
They aren't the problem. Bad education is. After h1n1 people blamed scientists for calling a false alarm because the scientists were stupid. Mass Graves later they still believe it's better to kill everybody and believe in magic. Not in Africa but in America
@@chrisccc22 Most of us have still never seen it though due to no access to PBS. My nearest station is too far away for me to pick up even with a preamped antenna.
I have an MPH and soon to be MS in Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine. Learning about this virus and seeing it in this documentary is fascinating. Proper education is so crucial.
Finda's story broke my heart into a thousand pieces. May your kids rest in peace... T-T...these kids deserved SO MUCH better... adults panicking and not following instructions failed them, WHO failed them, society failed them. I hope from the bottom of my heart that the other 3 children live long and healthy lives. Finda too. And may she find some sort of peace in her heart.
WHO is and has always been a front for CIA, just like NIAID/NIH, CDC, FDA, etc., and countless NGO's that receive millions from taxpayers, in addition to trillions that are funneled to those in the military industrial complex, including pharma. The virus itself was genetically engineered by Metabiota in agency labs, including the one in Sierra Leone; courtesy of NIH, DTRA, and CDC, just as they funneled millions for the engineering of other viruses, including strains of the corona virus in their foreign labs (located in Georgia, China, and over 23 other countries. Metabiota received funding for the development of corona virus at Wuhan Virology. The American firm located in China which is tied to Metabiota is headed by Chris Heinz and Hunter Biden. Yet, another reason why the public will never know the contents found on his laptop.
Plain nonsense! WHO had no saying in African matters! Did you even watch the documentary, where the fat African administrators admitted THEY took catastrophic wrong decision by NOT following professional advice from highly competent Doctors without Borders?? How about the local population going berserk, spreading lies leading to attack the only health institution along with professional people capable of helping these savages? How about sick Africans fleeing and traveling only to spread more death? Place responsibility where it belongs, instead of playing immature guilt games.. 🤪🤮
I know I just can't get the images of her children and her little boy so sick, lying on the ground and precious time slipping away and that baby in obvious pain and distress with blood on his face and he asked his mom if he was going to die. 😢😢. Children that small shouldn't have to think about that, he should be thinking about toys and playing. Not laying dying on the ground outside a hospital that won't help them and shouldn't have to worry if they're going to die. I wish I could go through the screen and hug Finda and her children. I'm sorry for everything her and her children went through. RIP to all of Findas children and family that didn't make it. 💔😢❤
I'm so glad this documentary was made. It shed so much light on ebola. I cant imagine going through this. This was heartbreaking to watch. So much death and pain and terror.
Documentaries don't usually make me cry. I'm sitting here in tears. We've got to do better in this world. God bless all those put themselves out there to help as much as possible and for those who are trying to educate the ignorant due to poverty. God bless the poor that they may be educated so this doesn't happen on this level again.
I get to work closely with one of the doctors who went to Africa to help fight the outbreak. He was actually infected and survived. Listening to him tell his stories is like being in the presence of a God like entity of compassion. You are amazing Ian!
Ian isn't the one who was interviewed? Very interesting His survival was an extraordinary feat of an ICU team... a wonder. He actually came back from the deads.. total organ failure..
I remember Ebola coming to the forefront of transmittable disease in 1994 and they didn't know exactly why the people where getting sick until thee discovered the "bush meat" situation where the people who go into the jungle and kill the animals and bring them back to the villages to eat. And then people started getting sick and when they died their relatives would prepare the bodies for burial washing them and having them in their huts spreading the disease to every single member of the family. It was a horrifying situation.
how people responded in this outbreak is so similar to how people reacted to the covid19 pandemic. in my experience, at first, people around me also thought that covid19 wasn't real and that it was a plan to lessen the population. there were many theories and rumors that believed it wasn't real until it became one. watching this documentary makes me want to watch how the doctors, and the people in power managed the covid19 pandemic, esp that it affected the people worldwide. i wonder how each country faces the pandemic. it was 3 yrs ago and can't believe we've past that. it totally changed the way i think about the world and about life in general.
What really disturbs me is that Africans without access to clean water and indoor plumbing consistently, say, "I was told white people (drs) were looking for me. They wanted to kill me with an injection..." Despite mistakes and flaws in medicine, it's ridiculous that people know zero about the shots that have saved millions of lives. Rabies (dog shot, obviously, but flawless). Polio. Even in spite of the Cutter accident. Measles...
Africa is next level brutal. There's invisible death in the trees. The people who knowingly treated the infected have to be the bravest people I've ever seen. Courage beyond reason.
Non sense As Covid proved All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west HIV is another one Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks From west Africa 🦅
And African nations are telling the USA to go away. Do you think that Russia and China will come running to help the next time there's a deadly epidemic?
@@Conn30Mtenor Yes, of course they will. Africa has been a key piece in Russia's global strategy for 75 years, through all kinds of political shifts. That isn't going to change. The Cold War abated for about ten years, but it is as much at stalemate now as ever and Africa is a pawn in the geopolitical struggle between world powers.
This scared me more than any video ever has. I am so terrified of any illness involving blood. I feel a deep sorrow for areas that get these spreading so commonly. And I am so grateful for those who study and make vaccines and treatments for these diseases. I am honestly terrified of them. I heard about this outbreak back when it was happening and its had me panicked since. Hemorrhagic fevers scare the absolute crap out of me. I wish we could prevent them from happening, I feel so so bad that they happen so commonly in some areas😢
My mom devoted her life to Serra Leon volunteering sadly she passed a few years ago. peace Crop she was in I was so proud of her. Im happy she helped those people she lived in the jungles a total of almost seven years and countless other countries all over the world. I cry for the Ukraine as I watch innocent children lives and everything she helped build gone. She was also South America, Pure, Russia, Romina with the orphans became her life and so did many others. Auto correct messed up what I wrote. Had to fix it.
@@gioiaferrante did you loose your mom to the virus? My mom unexpectedly passed two Christmas ago her cancer came back and we had no idea. The day before she passed we got the news she was stage 4 bone marrow cancer and then she passed the next day. God bless you
this was heartbreaking and shameful. Only once the virus had spread to the US did the WHO declare it was an issue, even though Africa was being ravaged. Hopefully, in this sort of post covid era, there will be a quicker response, regardless where the next outbreak originates.
@@999oj yeah, for a pandemic I suppose, but I dont really what the parameters are for that sort of declaration. However, with initially 3 African countries, then it moving it Nigeria, something should have been done. Much sooner than it was. Containing that outbreak was clearly beyond the capability of most countries at the time and a more global response sooner could have saved a lot of lives.
It absolutely killed a piece of my soul when i listened to the momma recounting what happened and says shes holding her youngest bby and he crying out momma i don't want to die😢 i can't even 🥺🥹😳
i could never imagine losing my 2 girls then losing the mother of my children while she carries my 3rd :( i thank GOD everyday for where i am and what i have .even though im struggling paying bills and gas being high ...gotta keep on keepin on :) my kids are my world
It's wild to me that despite the WHO being comprised of all these medical and scientific experts who are supposed to understand how transmission works and the feasibility of Ebola leaving the continent of Africa, they didn't really spring into the appropriate action of declaring it an international emergency until it got to the US. Basically, the WHO, an international body supposed to serve the entire world would have kept mum about Ebola if it had stayed contained in Africa and decimated the continent. Such a shame!
I think there were divided, there is always someone who will fight something like that. But declaring it international emergency doesn't actually cost anything just warning countries to be prepared. I think its dumb to be scared of people's reactions when you declare international emergency but disease end up being contained in few countries, atleast this move save many people.
I just realized why I never heard anything about this. Feb 10th 2014 my mother had a heart attack and died mid conversation with me. She stopped talking, her eyes got wide, she gasped, she died. Totally out of the blue, never had any heart issues or anything. That day plunged me into a dark depression that lasted a couple years. All this was going on at that time, and I was oblivious. Scary. My heart breaks for these people that lost everyone right in front of them. Parents, spouses,children, everyone… there are no words.
Appreciation to all frontline first responders that helped and changed the narrative from the worse it could have been hadn’t been for their intervention.
This is scarier than any horror movie I've ever seen. Hearing about the woman who had her child die in her arms is just heartbreaking. God save the infected.
I can’t even imagine how these people felt , just helpless . That mother, losing 3 kids , just heartbreaking. For someone who’s privileged to live in the US , it’s hard to fathom that places can be that undeveloped. The balance of the world is severely off.
I cannot imagine what pain he went through. I lost my husband to HIV/AIDS. I'm still fine 40 years later. It was little joy to find out I was immune....I lost 9 good friend as well as my husband that year. Perhaps; if there is a natural immunity, it can be passed on.....Blessed Be.
This is heartbreaking in a different level. All stories from family members, casualties, medical team all paint a picture of death. I was sick of Covid-19 but this is to an extreme level.
WOW! I was having my first child and moving across the country enjoying my life not really knowing what happened with the Ebola crisis. This is absolutely heartbreaking! I can't fathom what Finda has endured, she must be the toughest woman on this planet. Having your kids die in your arms is incomprehensible. This whole hour has been extremely eye opening, thank you for the great work documenting this tragedy
Sad to see that people believed the outbreak was a hoax. Before the COVID pandemic, I would have blamed it on poverty, ignorance, and lack of education. But we saw the same thing happening in the US and other developed countries. People are the same, they refuse to accept reality when faced with fear and uncertainty.
Can't agree more. Many scenarios that were showned in the vid reminded me of how some people reacted to the Covid pandemic, similar close to equal response
Our own tax dollars were paying a lab to test gain of function, no business doing that, yet they blamed it on a food market in Wuhan China, but of course you trust your government
They didn't believe it at first because they have been lied to & manipulated in the past by foreign powers (paired with their corrupt leaders) that try to create havoc & anarchy to distract them from the exploitation of their land & people. So many times in the past when foreign doctors came their village to help heal but were really there to experiment on their people & test viruses/.diseases. They dont know who to trust or believe now.
Except we now know, officially, that officials in the west spread misinformation about the nature of the covid pandemic, suppressed treatments, exaggerated death counts, concealed that it was likely a lab leak, locked down the healthy unnecessarily, claimed the vaccine stopped transmission when it didn't, claimed that natural immunity was weaker than vaccine immunity which is now scientifically proven to be untrue, etc. The list goes on and on. The senate hearings in the U.S. right now are revealing all this and it's shocking. Covid was real but the response to it contained many big lies.
everyone in these comments telling your story, you guys are so strong and i can’t even imagine how you were feeling. i’m so sorry. we need to make sure something like this never happens again especially after covid.
I still remember the doctor in Nigeria who saved billions of lives by sacrificing herself to stop that Liberian man from leaving her office. Imagine knowing fully well that you're going to die, but you make that selfless move. Her family might have understood but were devastated as well.
What a helpless feeling. Etiennes story about his son - I can’t imagine. Day 1 and I’m already not sure I have the emotional fortitude to finish tonight 😢
Thank goodness those who made mistakes are now taking responsibility, this is the only way change can happen in the future. It’s not easy to say you were wrong. Education is the key here.
27:12 I was watching the lady yelling in the market place that ebola was fake- telling wild tales that it was cannibalism instead- and thinking this is a parable about covid denial on a smaller scale.
Unfortunately, Liberia and Sierra Leone had went through multiple violent civil wars before this happened. There was a level of mistrust among outsiders due to previous colonialism and lies by the white people who settled there. The set up for this virus to happen was a perfect situation out of unfortunate events. Many people believed it was just the government or the colonialists trying to reassert control over them. The history adds a lot to this epidemic.
The craziness and denial was worse with Covid thanks to social media. At least that woman was limited to spreading her conspiracy theory to the immediate people around her.
I appreciate the hard work that everyone did to try to figure out the situation, and the pain everyone felt. Entire families died within a week, and no one knew why. Thanks for this documentary. I didn't know how bad it was with limited news where I'm from.
Can't imagine the horror of seeing every one surrounding you becoming sick and then deads everywhere. Strength to those medical workers who are fighting an invinsible enemy.
I say a blessing for all the nurses, doctors & healthcare workers who run toward the danger instead of away from it. I'm in Canada, our healthcare workers & other essential workers carried my country on their backs thru this whole covid crisis. The level of commitment & dedication is astounding, & I'm reminded of it again watching this documentary.
@@lmnop6140 You really should have a look at the research on internet trolls like yourself. Start with the Psychology Today article entitled "Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists"--that's the actual title. It links to studies documenting the preponderance of psychopathy/sadism/narcissism among online trolls. I suspect you'll find it's like looking in a mirror.
@@cherylschumaker1366 It seems to me they were extremely dedicated & hardworking. And they relied on expertise, science, scientific studies & medical professionalism in dealing with covid. Also medical & public health professionals put a lot of time & energy into educating the public & debunking the pathetic lies & consipracy theories (ivermectin, 'died suddenly' hoax etc)
And it's unnecessary brutality. We have enough resources in the world for everyone. What we're missing is the humanity & decency to use our resources fairly.
"The village has killed me" that's so saddening to hear 😥 I can't imagine losing everyday loved ones and truly in my heart believing that I had been cursed . This was scary for me and I don't even live on the continent, but it was briefly brought into my backyard here in Dallas Tx where Mr. Duncan was hospitalized until his eventual passing. This feels like so long ago when it's only been like a decade. Love you all❣️
Even the "educated" fall prey to fantastical and superstitious conspiracy theories. This of course also often dillutes and obfuscates the reality of actual conspiracies.
@@MoorishMonitorI think any educated person would understand it was a virus and not cannibalism. These people were so uneducated that they couldn't even help themselves.
😢 I remembered those days. They were some of the worst experiences of my life. I remembered starting every day thinking if it was the day that I contact this deadly virus. We were all living in fear of contacting Ebola and of affecting our love ones. I pray that no one will ever have to live life through such fear.
This virus was extremely contagious.. This doctor Ian got infected despite his 3 layers overall, mask and and, despite the tedious disinfection procedure..
When the covid pandemic hit, and I saw the reaction of some people, one of my first thoughts was: "If we behave like this with a virus that has a relatively low death rate, how can we possibly hope to handle a serious Ebola outbreak????"
@@anonplussedhuman2615We WERE prepared. At least until 2017 we were prepared. Obama saw to that. Then the ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF darkened the door of the White House and trashed our response plan and the team that knew what to do. So, IMO, he should be charged with negligent homicide X 1,000,000+.
That's the whole point, low mortality rate should equal far less restrictive measures. Not the insane response that destroyed the world and the economy. If it had been ebola with a 30%+ mortality rate, people would stay home on their own
It was chilling watching this in 2023 and hearing the man who works for the WHO say they weren't prepared for SARS. The world certainly saw that with covid. I hate that the response to assist Africa was so extremely delayed. It shouldn't have been. Absolutely heartbreaking. 💔
The frontline staff from the many agencies who face unimaginable horrors when such human catastrophe befalls them...are heroic beyond measure... I have been a donor of "Doctors Without Borders" for years... A worthy cause indeed... 🇿🇦
I am eagerly waiting for the documentary on 2020-2022. It is interesting to see many parallels to the Ebola outbreak. Especially when it comes to people in supposedly „developed“ nations reacting to measures that were made to protect them. Shows me that at the end of the day, we humans are all alike, no matter where we might live.
Big question why did she have them in first place. She is living in poverty why she bought 3 more life to suffer along with her. I know I Amy came across harsh but it is the truth.
Watching doctors from all countries admitting where they made mistakes, where they could do better and taken responsibility even for things not in their control - and than watching ministers and government still covering their asses and admitting nothing even when the whole world knows where they got wrong.... Those doctors, and nurses a real heroes in that story.
Waiting for this out of the COVID situation.
Saaaaaaame
you nailed it, bravo!
Absolutely.
AMERICANS REALLY NEED TO READ THIS………………….IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE…………………..The Ebola virus actually mutated and managed to find its way into the United States via a CONGOLESE AIRLINES Cargo jet- to be precise a Boeing 747-400. The government wary of causing mass panic isolated the crew but it was too late. Small but seemingly innocuous outbreaks have been noted I rural Texas as of February 2024, although the victims experience mild symptoms. However, the CDC says that in summer, things could explode into an infection of cataclysmic proportions on a proportion of the Corona virus-only with more morbid physical symptoms.
Hearing the man describe the death of his child just stomps your guts and takes a piece of your soul. There could be no worse misery than the loss of your child. I pray he can find peace
The saddest part was he wanted the help. I would say 99% of the other people in any given country in Africa thought that it was a conspiracy he just really genuinely wanted help and didn't know what to do and there was no one there to help him because Obama was too busy dressing his boyfriend up😢
He caused it, he screwed a while animal. Yes, ebola was caused by humans having intercourse with monkeys
hard
“Mackelmore thrift shop plays in the background”
679 people feel what you feel. And the "hospital" conditions and disorganization killed those nurses and others trying to help. WHO really screwed up.
The sacrifice of all the health workers cannot be repaid enough. May those who have lived through this terrible experience continue to find peace
I would’ve loved to see Nigeria’s response to this too. Great documentary
The doctor packing the body away at 41:23 really hit hard. You can hear their the pain in their breathing. Doctors without borders and the nurses who sacrificed their own lives for this are truely amazing.
You can hear the doctor or nurse crying while packing the body he is a doctor but a human also with feelings every death made them question themselves and there knowledge I know it because I have met many
they truly are heroes
Honestly, its shocking to think folks were doing that in hospitals every day just 18 months ago. Its unfortunate Frontline is probably going to do another version of this just for what happened throughout 2020 and 2021
really shouldnt work there
They are part of the problem……. Along with all the religious who go and drill wells. Making these desolate places hospitable makes them believe that everything is perfect to make more babies.
My sister worked with Doctors Without Borders on South Africa and it was then I realized how tireless this guys works. Much blessing from 🇰🇪🇰🇪
God bless you and your sister
@@dominiquejenkins5495 Asante sana
See the amazing true story of Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh from Lagos, Nigeria that got the first Nigerian Ebola patient in her hospital. She stopped him from leaving to board a flight, and her quick actions were pivotal in stopping the spread of Ebola in Nigeria. The movie's name is "93 days". It is a portrayal of her heroism, selflessness and sacrifice. Only 8 people died of Ebola in Nigeria, unfortunately, she was one of them. Her last call was to her son to wish him happy birthday.
Watching this with a post-COVID mind frame is so bizarre.
Non sense
As Covid proved
All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west
HIV is another one
Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks
From west Africa
🦅
Oh that crap from a bio lab.. so lets wait for coro 2..
Post-Covid?
It’s not over, neither is it under complete control.
My doctor is in the hospital because of it.
@@sarcasticallyrearranged I think they just mean it in the sense of after the emergence of covid.
What is the point of anyone of these comments it ads nothing to the good just troll to get off or something freakin stupid.
Finda's story is heartbreaking. Imagine losing a family member each day for 4 days then going for help only to lose a child and another and another. I hope her 3 surviving children have thrived and her pain is manageable today.
😥😥😥😥
I more than understood it and its awful just awful
Yet it is also incredible that she had 3 living children because I believe the 2014 had a 80_90% mortality so there’s that silver lining which I doubt is ever gonna ease her pain but it is an amazing tail of survival of not just her but her 3 children and the fact that through this disease which is so horrific they had each other when many people had no one left
I wish I could find her and personally reach out to her and see what she would like or needs to help her get back on her feet and tell her she is loved and her life is a blessing and. hope she is not suffering from people knowing her loved ones were lost to Ebola. Praying for their spirits olur
@@calvin99991 nobody is stopping me, I just dont know how exactly yet, do you have any suggestions? They will be appreciated and actually have no idea much about that country too, not that I am to visit, just other than the examples of their government reactions and assumptions I am sure are wrong. Except for knowing that common feeling of dispare. Support comes from all kinds of sources, maybe the greatest variety can shrink it.. like a cancer, but of the spirit. I will start checking later tonight . take care
I’m here sitting in tears for this poor mother. And all the families who lost loved ones, through the world’s inadequate care.
It's really not foreigners business to come in and save lives, you know it wouldn't be the same in reverse. Now what you should be mad about is when foreigners come in and deliberately hurt a place/people, like the way the us has done to south american/central american nations, etc.
I felt exactly the same- I was in tears for the woman that lost her children and family- absolutely heartbreaking 💔
@@NickMak-m2c it is not hard to have empathy for fellow humans being. Imo
“The world” stepped up here when properly notified of the scope of the issue.many countries sent many people in to help, but as they said here, it was on the people in the line of fire of this horrible illness to curtail the local spread, which they eventually did…the inadequacy began with the WHO and the local governments, who kept the lid on this thing for 10 entire months.
@@NickMak-m2cwhen those foreigners exploit a place for its wealth, they are absolutely responsible for assisting it in times of need. the u.s. isn't alone in colonialism but we sent exponentially more aid and competent personnel than france ever did(despite the majority of western and central Africa being under colonial rule by them to this day).
Scarier than any horror movie. The doctors and staff who cared for these patients are heroes. I can't begin to imagine what the infected and their families went through...
Read "The Hot Zone."
It's a terrifying book about the virus.
These people shown ,are genuinely, truthful, authentic HEROS🤲( Doctors,nurses,caregivers) everyone that helped in the face of this brutal disease..prayers to the ones that sacrificed and died, along with all the victims.. god have mercy on us..
You're right about them being heroes. Most of their hearts were in the right places and they knew they were taking big risks. A lot of mistakes were made by them too, though. Obviously, the nurse who yelled in the market that Ebola didn't exist didn't do much good. Her heart might have been in the right place but her head sure wasn't.
@@IARRCSim she stated she was a nurse. They never said she was actually a nurse so more likely just a mentally unwell person.
@@Rodekuhr nurses can be as mentally unwell as anyone else so she could be both. Believing something false isn't proof of a mental illness, though. Lots of people who were likely not mentally ill thought Covid-19 was a hoax or that vaccines never work.
Doctors without Borders are amazing. After watching this documentary, I have a new level of respect for them! They are all heroes
One of the many organizations we should be massively supporting
Same way the Funny Moustache Man is a Hero
Except for the fact they are supporting illegal migration to Europe, by sailing thousands of unwanted migrants to our shores!
@@Biochemistry-Debunks-CoronaHe almost saved the world from Communism
My partner was an MD during the outbreak. He saved many and then lost his life a week before he was to return home.
I'm sorry for your irreplaceable loss, please know you are in my thoughts ❤️
What a precious person that you had to love. I am so sorry for your awful loss. I pray that you may have peace and may sometime find joy again in your life. I imagine that people are alive today because of your partner...
Sorry for your loss 🙏 it was not in vein
I'm so sorry for your loss...
AMERICANS REALLY NEED TO READ THIS………………….IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE…………………..The Ebola virus actually mutated and managed to find its way into the United States via a CONGOLESE AIRLINES Cargo jet- to be precise a Boeing 747-400. The government wary of causing mass panic isolated the crew but it was too late. Small but seemingly innocuous outbreaks have been noted I rural Texas as of February 2024, although the victims experience mild symptoms. However, the CDC says that in summer, things could explode into an infection of cataclysmic proportions on a proportion of the Corona virus-only with more morbid physical symptoms.
Doctors without Borders and the nurses are true heroes! I feel heartbroken for the trauma they all, including the citizens, went through. That poor woman who is crying about her family members dying in her arms. I know there is no mental health treatment for her, and she will have to live with this forever.💔
The volunteers are wonderful people who are dedicated and brave, but I honestly wonder what the outbreak would have looked like if foreign organizations didn't get involved?
The superstitions, distrust, and misinformation led the infected individuals to spread the virus to escape the foreign doctors.
I'm honestly curious if it would have spread so far, if the villagers kept believing it was witchcraft? Those villages would have suffered very high mortality rates, but would it have been more contained? I don't know.
The contribution of science in addressing the Ebola virus is what saved the day. If you wish to thank God fine - but credit the science and know-how of those who stepped in. Brave souls. To let Ebola take its course would have decimated the continent. It was then categorized as 100% deadly. Major actions were taken to hyper quarantine people who left Africa and landed in the US and were infected, or might be infected.- Health workers. Lots of press on it at the time.
@@wsol80 I highly doubt that it would be more contained without the foreign help. Lol did you pay attention? It spread to Sierra Leone because no one recognized it.
The witchcraft and rumors of cannibalism was another reason it spread. You see how they all touched the body of the dead? There's a reason with education these practices are dropped.
@@wsol80 that's impossible, like shown at the beginning with Koumba eventually there will be people who leave and take the virus with them somewhere else spreading it, it was all but an eventuality.
omg right n how many family members aswell!!! n her children.... i think she lost like 70% of her family throughout that year alone.... :(
I got an eerie feeling when the narrator mentioned officials being worried about the next outbreak and not being prepared, given that this documentary is from 2015.
COVID then Happened
Marburg in Equatorial Guinea is happening now.
@@heatherk9722 scary stuff. Hopefully they can contain it quickly.
There has been more then 4 Ebola outbreaks since this episode happened in west Africa. They have been fighting it consistently in the DRC and neighboring countries on and off up to today.
@@expeditionadventure318 pfft! Yeah. If they ACT first, over have their head up their butt.
I have a 4 year old, he is the light of my world. My mothers heart broke during this documentary. Bless the medical staff
When someone has 11 children, they don't suffer as much if 2 or 3 of them die
I worked as a community health education for the Liberian national Red Cross. It was challenging from onset of the outbreak to get people to listen to awareness messages we were disseminating but as the situation became deteriorated, people began taking relevant actions to help curtail the spread. This was definitely a terrifying time.I’m grateful to have helped saved my community.
Bullshit
People like you who are true heroes 👍. Blessings from South Africa
why don't you tell everybody if you know you can't catch a virus unless it's injected into your body a needle blood somehow has to be put into your body bats in the tree I find that unbelievable But thank you for your service
you have done a great work
please details of the story. i'm facinated in listening to these antodotes. in a room full of people who (age-wise) were the quickest to listen to the warnings and how many people would listen (percentage).
what kind of warnings did they more likely heed compared to others. ie wishing and vs don't touch dead bodies. because some culture has funeral/burial practices the latter message might be harder to prevent.
I'm a retired ICU nurse. I worked at a level one trauma center in northern California. I was one who trained to be on the Ebola team to care for the patient(s) should an Ebola patient be recognized in the ER or transported to the facility. I remember watching Dallas carefully since that easily could have been us. It was a nerve-wracking time, especially anytime someone presented with possible signs until ruled out.
What would you recommend as protocols if this were to repeat for care at home?
Watching this I realized that people are just alike. The same way some Africans were like Ebola wasn’t real, is the same way republicans on social media said COVID wasn’t real. All while our families are dying right in front of us.
Watching this I realized that people are just alike. The same way some Africans were like Ebola wasn’t real, is the same way republicans on social media said COVID wasn’t real. All while our families are dying right in front of us.
@@CarobVids hope and pray you dont die pretty much. ebola is nasty
@@rickybrown7687 I thought of that too. We were just darn lucky that the Coronavirus isn't anywhere near as deadly as Ebola is or we'd have been toast. The entire U.S. would have been toast.
Only at the beginning. My heart breaks for Etienne for his terrible loss. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to suffer so much in a family you come to believe you’ve been cursed. Bless his soul.
I was there in Monrovia, lived through it and experienced everything! It was one of the worst experiences of my life. Only God knows how I came through…only he knows how I managed to survived this Ebola outbreak. How was it possible to not be infected when you are out there looking for ways to feed your family daily? Thanks to all the volunteers, countless people, countries who came to our aid in our darkest times! God! Thank you! May all our brothers and sisters who are no longer with us because of this pandemic rest in peace. 🇱🇷✌️
keep the god bs to ur self
im so sorry everyone went thru this..was it caused from eating bats??
@@pamelabarbato1623 can’t say a lot on that cause it originated from our neighboring countries and the theory was that, bat may have contributed to the Ebola outbreak. Whatever it was that caused it,only God knows…
Did you watch the video and Google?
God have mercy. Christ have mercy.
I can't stop crying when I see the Mother of those children having to hold her children in her arms as they died. My heart breaks into hundreds of pieces!!!
Liar
@@CwgrlupOh wow..😔
Well you can call me a liar also.
Some have the capacity for empathy and compassion,some do not.
I know right? I doubt I’d have had the strength to go on, but she did what she had to do for her children who survived
“We did everything we could.” That worker said exactly what my cousin who was a Covid nurse all through the pandemic in the USA. To her it felt that hopeless at points too. I need to check on her as she had left nursing for at least a hiatus. Ebola would have been an awful pandemic…Covid was horrible too.
Hahahahahha are you really comparing EBOLA with the covid bullshit they were feeding us?:D
Hard to believe how they were treated.
It's the narrator's voice for me , so calm and well spoken
That's Will Lyman.
the voice of neolib propaganda for the pfizer afflicted.
Churble is not very smart. Don’t be like churble.
The voice of "Frontline" for decades. I always loved his work. He narrate a documentary about making toast, and it would be spectacular.
Will Lyman is one of the best narrators there has ever been!! I’ve been watching Frontline for decades, since I was a child, and they put out the best documentaries out there, HANDS DOWN! I’m always super excited when a new one is ready to premiere. I always learn so much. ❤
11:58 That guy's criticisms of the WHO - the ineffectiveness, indecision, confusion, etc. - is even more frustrating considering how little would change by Dec. 2019.
wait until the NEXT " epidemic ", the WHO will have TOTAL control. If you thought the way they handled " Covid " was bad .........
And now countries are surrendering their soverignty to WHO in the event of another pandemic. Disturbing to say the least. WHO is not a good organization the world can and should do much better.
WHO is ill prepared for epidemics. It responded for Ebola in Africa in a snail pace, while Coronavirus like a cheetah, since it is a first world disease.
The replies are being deleted....that is as scary as the WHO
All the WHO officials cared for was Per diems. Am surprised none of them got infected.
Fear and lies and ignorance are very deadly. This is a tragedy that could have been limited. So many heart breaking challenges for those that had to watch their children and others die. Thank you “frontline “.
If we look back on how the members of our societies behave through Covid 19, we become utterly modest...
I.e. panic mode in which people are caught...
I.e Denial as a coping strategy
And all the countless "half-criminals" taking the opportunity to destabilize society or steal lots of money's
Profoundly disgusting
omg. anti vaxxers will crucify your comment
Out this tragedy I hope that those countries and the entire West African states have invested more on healthcare infrastructure and education. Be prepared for the worst
The apparent preference for ignorance is quite confounding. We see it in this outbreak. We saw it with Covid. I don’t understand it
It took me so much courage to watch this documentary, I was there and saw it all, it killed so many people. I survived the Liberian civil war, lived in exile in Gueckedou, Guinea for more than 8 years, only to come back home to build back my life and Ebola came. It was so terrifying and so devastating. I can’t never imagine what we went through. May the almighty continue to comfort all those that lost their loved ones to Ebola. Only God almighty can erase those horrible memories from our hearts and minds.
Almighty my ass ,if it is so great of an almighty why didn't it never happened? When Europeans and Arabs gave you Africans religion, books of religion and their gods you Africans strayed from your gods and practices and embrace what was given to you
I totally agree with you, as a Chinese working in Liberia for five years long in S.K.D. Complex, the deadly ebola just passed when I reached there in 2015 but I still felt the horror and hopelessness from what the people around told me. I always remember the time spent there with the lovely and great people, may God bless them with His mercy and love, no more suffering and strugglings haunt.
I am so sorry. You have been through so much. Good luck to you & your family & friends 🌹💟
🙏♥️
@@pipi1261chinese people need to keep they yellow hands off Africa and stop stealing resources.
My heart goes out to the lady and her three kids that survived so much loss. I wish I could find her and help her make the rest of her life spent under the best of circumstances.
Non sense
As Covid proved
All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west
HIV is another one
Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks
From west Africa
🦅
Write to pbs. They can help you to locate her
Don't talk about it, be about it...
Like "@Vince A" said in a comment here. Thwy are plenty of people like that lady in similar or exact scenarios. You don't need to find the exact person to find desperate people needing help. Don't even need to travel to Africa or overseas. There are plenty of desperate people looking for help, wherever you're from M.
That fact that Finda didn't get sick is truly remarkable.
My heart broke for the mother and father who lost so many family members.. I wanted to reach out and give them a big hug 😢
The bravery and dedication of the medical staff who went into those ebola wards is wonderful to see 😊❤
To give them a big hug and get ebola too 😂😂😂😂😂
Damn fools
ironically a hug could be a death sentence in this terrifying situation
The isolation centers being overrun, because the people didn’t trust the government, is heartbreaking. What a mess:(
Shouldn't they be empty when people don't trust Daddy Gov. ?
Yeah, like C19 spreading among Republican areas now because-Murikkka.
It is really infuriating seeing some of the interviewees particularly from Africa smiling after admitting how badly they reacted. People died horrible deaths and your smiling!? You helped create a full blown international outbreak.
As a nurse I can not imagine what these workers went through seeing this amount of death and suffering. These poor people, who struggle everyday under poverty, but to go through seeing so many of your loved ones die this way, to have no where to turn for help, but to die on the side of the road like an animal. This breaks my heart. What a horrible situation, I pray that they now understand how to coordinate and respond to another outbreak which is going to happen. How horrible. My thoughts are with those who went through this horrible outbreak x
globalist are trying to turn the world into these conditions
I would for one would like to know because on your story u did not say how it first started yes it was the small kids there at the bar tree but was one of the kids bitten or was exposed to there droppings air what was it please let me know
@@alfredobaktazar6957 they said they ate the bats
@@alfredobaktazar6957 The transmission to humans comes from "bush meat" with the fruit bats thought to be the main reservoir, who can then infect other wild animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, antelope, and porcupines, if the animal is infected and symptoms have started in the animal, then the virus,. through hunting, butchering, preparation, and handling raw meat can then be transmitted to humans, through cuts, mucus membranes etc. although if the meat is properly cooked the virus becomes inactive. it. i hope this makes sense. :}
And these people live in rich natural resource countries controlled by big corporations and corrupt governments. Sickening
Back in the 90s, I was doing volunteer work for People Living with AIDS. I as also a college student and doing an argument paper on the disease. I got several books out of the library, including "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" by Laurie Garrett. I intended to only read about AIDS, but I read the entire tome of nearly 800 pages!
I had never heard of Ebola. I was horrified by the description of the disease. I cannot even begin to imagine what it must have been like for people to watch as so many died without even a diagnosis.
That book has a prominent place on my coffee table…
@@judithjohnson2598 Laurie is one of my most revered authors. I was thrilled to see her being interviewed during the start of the Covid crisis.
As my mother would've said, "she's one smaht cookie!" We were from Boston …
@@SpecialSPyou mean Bastan, sorry couldn't help myself
@@dogguy8603 Precisely.
I remember when this was actually happening. It was scary to think how easily it spread and such a great loss of life. This video certainly brought it home that these were real people, and not just statistics.
Wow. I remember when this was happening. My heart goes out to each and every family affected by Ebola. And especially to those parents who lost children.
I was surprised at how Finda seemed okay health-wise whilst her whole family was getting sick and dying. Amazing she survived and also 3 of her children. I'm glad she still has them. Scary stuff.
But sadly she will have that survivors guilt stuck with her for the rest of her life.
devil pact
Very. Ebola Zaire has the highest mortality rate. Considering what the Ebola filovirus does to the human body, it is astonishing that anyone survives EVD at all.
Ebola has about a 50% survival rate so it checks out sadly
The health care workers and all the others who helped all those sick people were heroes. This situation was so sad. So many people died .
4:11 is the beginning of my heartbreak while watching this documentary. As Etienne recalls the worst days of his life are so so sad. His face says he is still in mourning. 🙏💜✌
The amount of grief is unsurmountable. How the WHO and international community ignored the warnings and ultimate tragic loss of life is unforgivable
Theseee subbhumnasss are a liabilityyy on the face of planett earthh.....they are a failed racee....even my poor country India is miless aheadd from thesee people.. it's like thesee africansss..sub sahanranss continue to live in the bygone era....i don't feel badd for themm...they shouldn't existt
Just like it ignored the threat from COVID-19 until it was too big to cover up anymore. The WHO is a Chinese puppet.
The WHO didn't ignore the situation. Did you watch this entire documentary? The WHO and the rest of the international community doesn't have control over these countries. It's odd how some people simultaneously blame Western countries for interfering in African affairs yet expect those same countries to fix any problem that arises. You can't have it both ways. Doctors Without Borders and WHO tried to help but this documentary made it very clear that the governments within these countries were largely to blame for the rapid spread of the virus. The governments within these countries didn't take the danger seriously. It's absolutely heartbreaking but the lack of knowledge within the local populations also played a part in the spread. These poor people didn't understand what precautions to take. They didn't trust the warnings from foreign doctors and their own government didn't effectively communicate what steps needed to be taken.
not trusting the doctor without borders they dont trust people dealted with deadly viruses
They aren't the problem. Bad education is. After h1n1 people blamed scientists for calling a false alarm because the scientists were stupid. Mass Graves later they still believe it's better to kill everybody and believe in magic. Not in Africa but in America
Can't imagine something so terrible as having your child die in your arms and you can't do anything. It breaks my heart.
Thank you to PBS for dropping another amazing documentary. Keep them coming please.
This was actually an old documentary. Still great though.
@@chrisccc22 Most of us have still never seen it though due to no access to PBS. My nearest station is too far away for me to pick up even with a preamped antenna.
Wow I feel so bad for that lady that lost her mom on Wednesday, her sister on Thursday ND her husband on Friday.
That's horrible, many prayers to her
I have an MPH and soon to be MS in Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine. Learning about this virus and seeing it in this documentary is fascinating. Proper education is so crucial.
Finda's story broke my heart into a thousand pieces. May your kids rest in peace... T-T...these kids deserved SO MUCH better... adults panicking and not following instructions failed them, WHO failed them, society failed them. I hope from the bottom of my heart that the other 3 children live long and healthy lives. Finda too. And may she find some sort of peace in her heart.
Very heartbreaking
WHO is and has always been a front for CIA, just like NIAID/NIH, CDC, FDA, etc., and countless NGO's that receive millions from taxpayers, in addition to trillions that are funneled to those in the military industrial complex, including pharma. The virus itself was genetically engineered by Metabiota in agency labs, including the one in Sierra Leone; courtesy of NIH, DTRA, and CDC, just as they funneled millions for the engineering of other viruses, including strains of the corona virus in their foreign labs (located in Georgia, China, and over 23 other countries. Metabiota received funding for the development of corona virus at Wuhan Virology. The American firm located in China which is tied to Metabiota is headed by Chris Heinz and Hunter Biden. Yet, another reason why the public will never know the contents found on his laptop.
Plain nonsense! WHO had no saying in African matters! Did you even watch the documentary, where the fat African administrators admitted THEY took catastrophic wrong decision by NOT following professional advice from highly competent Doctors without Borders??
How about the local population going berserk, spreading lies leading to attack the only health institution along with professional people capable of helping these savages? How about sick Africans fleeing and traveling only to spread more death?
Place responsibility where it belongs, instead of playing immature guilt games.. 🤪🤮
I know I just can't get the images of her children and her little boy so sick, lying on the ground and precious time slipping away and that baby in obvious pain and distress with blood on his face and he asked his mom if he was going to die. 😢😢. Children that small shouldn't have to think about that, he should be thinking about toys and playing. Not laying dying on the ground outside a hospital that won't help them and shouldn't have to worry if they're going to die. I wish I could go through the screen and hug Finda and her children. I'm sorry for everything her and her children went through. RIP to all of Findas children and family that didn't make it. 💔😢❤
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I'm so glad this documentary was made. It shed so much light on ebola.
I cant imagine going through this.
This was heartbreaking to watch.
So much death and pain and terror.
Documentaries don't usually make me cry. I'm sitting here in tears. We've got to do better in this world. God bless all those put themselves out there to help as much as possible and for those who are trying to educate the ignorant due to poverty. God bless the poor that they may be educated so this doesn't happen on this level again.
I get to work closely with one of the doctors who went to Africa to help fight the outbreak. He was actually infected and survived. Listening to him tell his stories is like being in the presence of a God like entity of compassion. You are amazing Ian!
Pass our gratitude to Ian, from a Kenyan.
I hope he is well and good and can share his story and inspire people so that eventually, humanity grows.
Ian isn't the one who was interviewed? Very interesting
His survival was an extraordinary feat of an ICU team... a wonder. He actually came back from the deads.. total organ failure..
I remember Ebola coming to the forefront of transmittable disease in 1994 and they didn't know exactly why the people where getting sick until thee discovered the "bush meat" situation where the people who go into the jungle and kill the animals and bring them back to the villages to eat. And then people started getting sick and when they died their relatives would prepare the bodies for burial washing them and having them in their huts spreading the disease to every single member of the family. It was a horrifying situation.
And they are still smoking bats out of the trees
This is one of the saddest films I've ever seen. How brave are the medical staff?
Yeah, how brave does one have to be to shake their cake on TikTok 🔃🎂🔃 ?
It was tragically beautiful to hear a few of the names of the departed from the mouths of those who loved them...
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how people responded in this outbreak is so similar to how people reacted to the covid19 pandemic. in my experience, at first, people around me also thought that covid19 wasn't real and that it was a plan to lessen the population. there were many theories and rumors that believed it wasn't real until it became one. watching this documentary makes me want to watch how the doctors, and the people in power managed the covid19 pandemic, esp that it affected the people worldwide. i wonder how each country faces the pandemic. it was 3 yrs ago and can't believe we've past that. it totally changed the way i think about the world and about life in general.
What really disturbs me is that Africans without access to clean water and indoor plumbing consistently, say, "I was told white people (drs) were looking for me. They wanted to kill me with an injection..."
Despite mistakes and flaws in medicine, it's ridiculous that people know zero about the shots that have saved millions of lives.
Rabies (dog shot, obviously, but flawless).
Polio. Even in spite of the Cutter accident.
Measles...
Ebola scares the crap out of me
@J.P Saym0 cool story bro
Any hemorrhagic illness...
Africa is next level brutal. There's invisible death in the trees. The people who knowingly treated the infected have to be the bravest people I've ever seen. Courage beyond reason.
It's just another place on the map, bro. Everything that happens in Africa can happen, has happened, and will happen elsewhere.
Non sense
As Covid proved
All these rubbish sicknesses have been brought in Africa by the west
HIV is another one
Africa stay under the blessings of Gods despite all the attacks
From west Africa
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Keep in mind all of the emergency room doctors and nurses that did their civic duty as Covid was spreading and killing millions .
And African nations are telling the USA to go away. Do you think that Russia and China will come running to help the next time there's a deadly epidemic?
@@Conn30Mtenor Yes, of course they will. Africa has been a key piece in Russia's global strategy for 75 years, through all kinds of political shifts. That isn't going to change. The Cold War abated for about ten years, but it is as much at stalemate now as ever and Africa is a pawn in the geopolitical struggle between world powers.
This scared me more than any video ever has. I am so terrified of any illness involving blood. I feel a deep sorrow for areas that get these spreading so commonly. And I am so grateful for those who study and make vaccines and treatments for these diseases. I am honestly terrified of them. I heard about this outbreak back when it was happening and its had me panicked since. Hemorrhagic fevers scare the absolute crap out of me. I wish we could prevent them from happening, I feel so so bad that they happen so commonly in some areas😢
Best documentary I've ever seen
@@annabrisley479did you see the French filmmakers on 9/11
My mom devoted her life to Serra Leon volunteering sadly she passed a few years ago.
peace Crop she was in I was so proud of her. Im happy she helped those people she lived in the jungles a total of almost seven years and countless other countries all over the world. I cry for the Ukraine as I watch innocent children lives and everything she helped build gone. She was also South America, Pure, Russia, Romina with the orphans became her life and so did many others. Auto correct messed up what I wrote. Had to fix it.
did she die from ebola?
I am sorry for your loss! I loss my dad unexpectedly last year. You never realize how tragic it is to loose a parent until you do. Take care!!
@@scottrc85 Ty it's awful but somehow we keep going. Sorry about your dad I lost him as well its just me now.
@@gioiaferrante did you loose your mom to the virus? My mom unexpectedly passed two Christmas ago her cancer came back and we had no idea. The day before she passed we got the news she was stage 4 bone marrow cancer and then she passed the next day. God bless you
@@Iamyl4 my heart and blessings goes out for all of you 💛
this was heartbreaking and shameful. Only once the virus had spread to the US did the WHO declare it was an issue, even though Africa was being ravaged. Hopefully, in this sort of post covid era, there will be a quicker response, regardless where the next outbreak originates.
You noted that , right ?
Africans are seen as EXPENDABLE
I think he can only be called a pandemic when it goes to other countries and continents. It happened in 3 countries so it was epidemic at that point.
@@999oj yeah, for a pandemic I suppose, but I dont really what the parameters are for that sort of declaration. However, with initially 3 African countries, then it moving it Nigeria, something should have been done. Much sooner than it was. Containing that outbreak was clearly beyond the capability of most countries at the time and a more global response sooner could have saved a lot of lives.
The WHO is a criminal organization
I remember clearly how quickly they found a cure once there was a case in the US. Shameful
It absolutely killed a piece of my soul when i listened to the momma recounting what happened and says shes holding her youngest bby and he crying out momma i don't want to die😢 i can't even 🥺🥹😳
i could never imagine losing my 2 girls then losing the mother of my children while she carries my 3rd :( i thank GOD everyday for where i am and what i have .even though im struggling paying bills and gas being high ...gotta keep on keepin on :) my kids are my world
It's wild to me that despite the WHO being comprised of all these medical and scientific experts who are supposed to understand how transmission works and the feasibility of Ebola leaving the continent of Africa, they didn't really spring into the appropriate action of declaring it an international emergency until it got to the US. Basically, the WHO, an international body supposed to serve the entire world would have kept mum about Ebola if it had stayed contained in Africa and decimated the continent. Such a shame!
I think there were divided, there is always someone who will fight something like that. But declaring it international emergency doesn't actually cost anything just warning countries to be prepared. I think its dumb to be scared of people's reactions when you declare international emergency but disease end up being contained in few countries, atleast this move save many people.
Look at how they handled this Covid situation. 😢 They are very slow to act.
I just realized why I never heard anything about this. Feb 10th 2014 my mother had a heart attack and died mid conversation with me. She stopped talking, her eyes got wide, she gasped, she died. Totally out of the blue, never had any heart issues or anything. That day plunged me into a dark depression that lasted a couple years. All this was going on at that time, and I was oblivious. Scary. My heart breaks for these people that lost everyone right in front of them. Parents, spouses,children, everyone… there are no words.
LoL
@@My_Lacrimosa yeah man. Totally funny right? You’re a clown. 🤡
This foreshadowed the failure of most governments to respond to COVID.
Wake ⏰️ up
You've been duped
Appreciation to all frontline first responders that helped and changed the narrative from the worse it could have been hadn’t been for their intervention.
This is scarier than any horror movie I've ever seen. Hearing about the woman who had her child die in her arms is just heartbreaking. God save the infected.
I can’t even imagine how these people felt , just helpless . That mother, losing 3 kids , just heartbreaking. For someone who’s privileged to live in the US , it’s hard to fathom that places can be that undeveloped. The balance of the world is severely off.
she felt like any African mother who just inherited a bunch of pans and pots
I cannot imagine what pain he went through. I lost my husband to HIV/AIDS. I'm still fine 40 years later. It was little joy to find out I was immune....I lost 9 good friend as well as my husband that year. Perhaps; if there is a natural immunity, it can be passed on.....Blessed Be.
This is heartbreaking in a different level. All stories from family members, casualties, medical team all paint a picture of death. I was sick of Covid-19 but this is to an extreme level.
WOW! I was having my first child and moving across the country enjoying my life not really knowing what happened with the Ebola crisis. This is absolutely heartbreaking! I can't fathom what Finda has endured, she must be the toughest woman on this planet. Having your kids die in your arms is incomprehensible. This whole hour has been extremely eye opening, thank you for the great work documenting this tragedy
This is the most emotional heartbreaking and terrifying documentary. May God keep us safe and give us health in Africa ❤️ love from Kenya
Sad to see that people believed the outbreak was a hoax. Before the COVID pandemic, I would have blamed it on poverty, ignorance, and lack of education. But we saw the same thing happening in the US and other developed countries. People are the same, they refuse to accept reality when faced with fear and uncertainty.
Can't agree more. Many scenarios that were showned in the vid reminded me of how some people reacted to the Covid pandemic, similar close to equal response
Our own tax dollars were paying a lab to test gain of function, no business doing that, yet they blamed it on a food market in Wuhan China, but of course you trust your government
They didn't believe it at first because they have been lied to & manipulated in the past by foreign powers (paired with their corrupt leaders) that try to create havoc & anarchy to distract them from the exploitation of their land & people. So many times in the past when foreign doctors came their village to help heal but were really there to experiment on their people & test viruses/.diseases. They dont know who to trust or believe now.
Really? You see these as the same. Covid-19 is in fact a completely different scenario. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! Please read more and turn off the MSM.
Except we now know, officially, that officials in the west spread misinformation about the nature of the covid pandemic, suppressed treatments, exaggerated death counts, concealed that it was likely a lab leak, locked down the healthy unnecessarily, claimed the vaccine stopped transmission when it didn't, claimed that natural immunity was weaker than vaccine immunity which is now scientifically proven to be untrue, etc. The list goes on and on. The senate hearings in the U.S. right now are revealing all this and it's shocking. Covid was real but the response to it contained many big lies.
Thanks for sharing this story. The world needs to see this. It also scared the hell out of me!
I can't imagine the frustration of the healthcare workers fighting both the virus AND the ignorance and rumors flying around. What a waste.
everyone in these comments telling your story, you guys are so strong and i can’t even imagine how you were feeling. i’m so sorry. we need to make sure something like this never happens again especially after covid.
I still remember the doctor in Nigeria who saved billions of lives by sacrificing herself to stop that Liberian man from leaving her office. Imagine knowing fully well that you're going to die, but you make that selfless move. Her family might have understood but were devastated as well.
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“billions of lives”
you’d make a good journalist, being overdramatic for no reason
@Machirim Who is to say that "billions" is not correct.
She is a national hero.
She sacrifice herself for many of us in Nigeria
@@machirim2805You never learned figures of speech in your English class in school or what?!
imagine trying to help people who instead of happily receiving it, throw stones at them.. yet they stay.. awesome people
This was the saddest documentary I've ever seen, but I admire Doctors Without Borders for their heroism!
What a helpless feeling. Etiennes story about his son - I can’t imagine. Day 1 and I’m already not sure I have the emotional fortitude to finish tonight 😢
Oh mother of mercy. I can't even begin to imagine what people have gone through......I can't forget the mother who lost 3 kids.....
Thank goodness those who made mistakes are now taking responsibility, this is the only way change can happen in the future. It’s not easy to say you were wrong. Education is the key here.
Your people created those things to destroy the original people of the earth
Only the Sierra Leone official truly admit to wrong doing here
27:12 I was watching the lady yelling in the market place that ebola was fake- telling wild tales that it was cannibalism instead- and thinking this is a parable about covid denial on a smaller scale.
As I'm watching this, scrolling through comments, I was at this part in the documentary and reading your comment at the same time lol
@@katelynmcdonald6064 how funny!
Unfortunately, Liberia and Sierra Leone had went through multiple violent civil wars before this happened. There was a level of mistrust among outsiders due to previous colonialism and lies by the white people who settled there. The set up for this virus to happen was a perfect situation out of unfortunate events. Many people believed it was just the government or the colonialists trying to reassert control over them. The history adds a lot to this epidemic.
The craziness and denial was worse with Covid thanks to social media. At least that woman was limited to spreading her conspiracy theory to the immediate people around her.
exactly at 19:29 it looks like a guy is recording with a Nintendo DS Lite
God bless those nurses, doctors, and everyone who helped. May your hearts be healed.
I appreciate the hard work that everyone did to try to figure out the situation, and the pain everyone felt. Entire families died within a week, and no one knew why. Thanks for this documentary. I didn't know how bad it was with limited news where I'm from.
Can't imagine the horror of seeing every one surrounding you becoming sick and then deads everywhere. Strength to those medical workers who are fighting an invinsible enemy.
I say a blessing for all the nurses, doctors & healthcare workers who run toward the danger instead of away from it. I'm in Canada, our healthcare workers & other essential workers carried my country on their backs thru this whole covid crisis. The level of commitment & dedication is astounding, & I'm reminded of it again watching this documentary.
I wonder how they dealt with the COVID virus well
@@lmnop6140 You really should have a look at the research on internet trolls like yourself. Start with the Psychology Today article entitled "Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists"--that's the actual title. It links to studies documenting the preponderance of psychopathy/sadism/narcissism among online trolls. I suspect you'll find it's like looking in a mirror.
@@cherylschumaker1366 It seems to me they were extremely dedicated & hardworking. And they relied on expertise, science, scientific studies & medical professionalism in dealing with covid.
Also medical & public health professionals put a lot of time & energy into educating the public & debunking the pathetic lies & consipracy theories (ivermectin, 'died suddenly' hoax etc)
@@tothelighthouse9843, Dufte Onkel, Du bist ja soooo schlau !
@@tothelighthouse9843 got some more of dem articles bro ? *junkie face* 💉
The sheer brutality of life for some people. There are no words for the heartbreak.
And it's unnecessary brutality. We have enough resources in the world for everyone. What we're missing is the humanity & decency to use our resources fairly.
The way all these people admit to being so blatantly wrong, almost criminally wrong, about what was happening…. Is mind blowing. Wow. 🤦♂️
"The village has killed me" that's so saddening to hear 😥 I can't imagine losing everyday loved ones and truly in my heart believing that I had been cursed . This was scary for me and I don't even live on the continent, but it was briefly brought into my backyard here in Dallas Tx where Mr. Duncan was hospitalized until his eventual passing. This feels like so long ago when it's only been like a decade. Love you all❣️
This is why education is very very important
Even the "educated" fall prey to fantastical and superstitious conspiracy theories. This of course also often dillutes and obfuscates the reality of actual conspiracies.
Such ignorance. How foolish must you be. Pity! 🤫
@@MoorishMonitorI think any educated person would understand it was a virus and not cannibalism. These people were so uneducated that they couldn't even help themselves.
Terrifying disease.....so sorry to all the victims that suffered and died from this.
Doctors Without Borders - the real heroes -- I salute you my friends !! I salute you !!!
😢 I remembered those days. They were some of the worst experiences of my life. I remembered starting every day thinking if it was the day that I contact this deadly virus. We were all living in fear of contacting Ebola and of affecting our love ones. I pray that no one will ever have to live life through such fear.
This virus was extremely contagious..
This doctor Ian got infected despite his 3 layers overall, mask and and, despite the tedious disinfection procedure..
When the covid pandemic hit, and I saw the reaction of some people, one of my first thoughts was: "If we behave like this with a virus that has a relatively low death rate, how can we possibly hope to handle a serious Ebola outbreak????"
Agreed. We were and still are so unbelievably unprepared.
@@anonplussedhuman2615We WERE prepared. At least until 2017 we were prepared. Obama saw to that. Then the
ex LIAR-IN-CHIEF darkened the door of the White House and trashed our response plan and the team that knew what to do. So, IMO, he should be charged with negligent homicide X 1,000,000+.
That's the whole point, low mortality rate should equal far less restrictive measures. Not the insane response that destroyed the world and the economy. If it had been ebola with a 30%+ mortality rate, people would stay home on their own
It was chilling watching this in 2023 and hearing the man who works for the WHO say they weren't prepared for SARS. The world certainly saw that with covid.
I hate that the response to assist Africa was so extremely delayed. It shouldn't have been. Absolutely heartbreaking. 💔
Except Covid was a manufactured pandemic- this 💩 is FAR worse.
The frontline staff from the many agencies who face unimaginable horrors when such human catastrophe befalls them...are heroic beyond measure...
I have been a donor of "Doctors Without Borders" for years...
A worthy cause indeed...
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This is so so very sad & tragic 😢May this never happen to West Africa or country again!! God please protect every one 🙏
This is so heartbreaking 💔. May their soul rest in peace😢
The elite level of documentary. What I love the most about you guys at PBS
This was incredible, unbelievably scary. I feel sorry for all the people that lost their families,all the children ,
I am eagerly waiting for the documentary on 2020-2022. It is interesting to see many parallels to the Ebola outbreak. Especially when it comes to people in supposedly „developed“ nations reacting to measures that were made to protect them. Shows me that at the end of the day, we humans are all alike, no matter where we might live.
This is so horrible!! That poor mother that lost her 3 children….. I can’t imagine her pain
And her mother and husband
Big question why did she have them in first place. She is living in poverty why she bought 3 more life to suffer along with her. I know I Amy came across harsh but it is the truth.
Brilliant documentary. I cannot begin to imagine the pain the families are going through