Global Update: Sierra Leone: Outbreak of Mysterious Blisters Is Case Study in Spread of Panic

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

An outbreak of mysterious blisters illustrates how panic can be stirred by a combination of overwrought journalism, listless government and traditional witchcraft.

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