Liberians Fear Ebola Backlash

By Lindsay Kalter, O’Ryan Johnson, Boston Herald
Tue, 09/30/2014 - 9:00pm

Hospitals nationwide are on alert as Dallas doctors treat the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States — a development that local Liberians say they fear will cause a backlash against their community and limit travel for loved ones abroad.“There’s definitely a stigma,” said Jassie-Fredcia Senwah of Dorchester, a member of the Liberian Community of Metro Boston.

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