How to convince parents to let me volunteer in Africa

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excited to have the opportunity to apply to go on a medical brigade in Ghana, but when I casually mentioned this to my parents, they adamantly refused, emphasizing that I will probably get an infectious disease from coming into contact with Africa’s sick.

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<p>Western Africa is a bit “too exciting” these days. MSF has its hands full:
<a href=“Ebola: WHO calls emergency talks on outbreak - BBC News”>http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28108668&lt;/a&gt;

So far, 763 people have been infected with the virus - and 468 of these have died.</p>

<p>Most of the cases have been in Guinea where the outbreak started.</p>

<p>But it has since spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone and is now the biggest and most deadly Ebola outbreak the world has seen, say officials.

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<p>They had a recent suspected ebola case in Ghana:
<a href=“UPDATE: American Citizen With Suspected Case Of Ebola Virus Dies In Ghana | Sahara Reporters”>http://saharareporters.com/2014/07/08/update-american-citizen-suspected-case-ebola-virus-dies-ghana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s a really horrible disease w a 90% fatality rate. The victims cells pretty much melt and then oozes bloody fluid from from every bodily office. It’s VERY, VERY contagious. The doctors have to suit up in bio-hazard suits just to visit the patients.</p>

<p>They are having trouble quarantining the patients & victims

The biggest problem we had was people were not forthcoming about sick members of the community and getting them to the isolation centre. Some families were even hiding sick relatives and bodies.

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<p>I would wait till the outbreak is DEFINITELY over before heading over there. </p>