Ok. Try this.

Bury your dead and rely on God to make sure the virus is destroyed and contained.


Sorry Joe. Tact and approach, not respect for non clinical factors. This is a clinical issue. Persuading and trying to get people to understand the risks rather than compromise. Compromise is as effective as not bothering in the first place.

Slightly academic as there are no cremetoriums in many of the affected areas, and hermetically sealed body bags are not always available. Hence an outbreak that dies out if localised is getting out of control as the index patients cross each other's paths, geographically speaking.

Burying, whilst the only practical solution for putting bodies to rest merely incubates the next outbreak.

It's a problem, but a practical one. The religious angle would be a factor if cremation were an option, but open pyres can exacerbate not destroy, and cremation facilities are not always available. Burial is the only option for many, regardless of religious considerations.