Buried bodies, according to the brefing via CE Bulletin, (a Dept of Health daily briefing sent to NHS bodies, I still appear to be on the mailing list,) says that hermetically sealed body bags or coffins are a reasonable precaution as until body fluids dry out fully and total dessication is achieved, eradication cannot be guaranteed. The double whammy being that the better the seal, the longer that takes.

I am no expert on this in any sense, but read the information for health professionals with interest.

Racism can decide many things if you try hard enough to push your values. "White privilege" isn't relevant, answering the call for help is though. It is patronising in the extreme to say that such aid is arrogance. In addition, this is not a local problem, it is potentially global so a matter for all to combat with the tools available. If those tools include haematological knowledge and established infection control measures, all the better.

The area this is affecting is not some back water that idiots can get all condescending about, rattling on about Western values on an indiginous population. The healthcare systems are, funding allowing, about as "Western" as you can get. Qualifications from the medical school in Freetown are accepted as to relevant Royal College standards, making local doctors as approriate as their colleagues in The EU, USA, Canada, Anzac etc.

All this tosh about inflicting white man values... Now that IS racism...