A few days ago I was sitting in a bus, and so I had occassion to listen to Radio Botswana. The topic of discussion was whether or not Botswana should, in the near future, host some football team as part of the confederation of African football (CAF) fixtures. The visiting team is from a country that neighbours the Ebola stricken countries. I was shocked, to say the least.
My shock arose out of the realisation that CAF may not have issued advisories suspending CAF games until the ebola epidemic has been eliminated from the continent. If indeed CAF has not done that yet, then the world should pressure CAF to do so straight away. Even if Botswana was already in the proven infection area, no games between it and the visiting country's team should have been scheduled to go ahead. In my view CAF should have issued a lockdown on all CAF games. After all schools are being shut to avoid the spread of ebola.
The seriousness of ebola is evident in its name. I believe the name is derived from the Kalanga "i-bulaya", meaning "the killer". So, if the disease was identified by the Anunnaki or their immediate descendants what measures can possibly be considered too stringent to try and contain the current outbreak? I certainly would not count cancellation of all CAF games among such measures.
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