The jungle
doctor-lady who “monged” the salt rumour as an anti-dote to Ebola has finally
come out to apologize for the false recommendation she dished out. Here her
My name is Adesewa, I am coming out clean
because what started has a joke has escalated into the unprecedented.
How it
started
Yesterday i
was with friend in her hostel, we were talking about this Ebola out break, when
one of my friends, Funke brought the idea of us playing a prank on our friends.
The first
suggestion was to tell people that aloe vera could cure Ebola, but we thought
it would sound too ridiculous so we forgot about it.
Later that
even an idea came to me (i now regret that i did it).
I decided to
send a BBM broadcast message to my friends, telling them that the Ministry of
Health has asked everyone to bathe with salt and warm water and drink some of
it.
I sent the
message 7:08pm yesterday
Later at
midnight i started getting calls and messages that i should drink salt water
and bath with it.
All efforts
to tell people that i was the one who started the joke failed. Only my friends
who i mentioned earlier believed me. Even my mum could me this morning, i did
not know what to tell her.
I am using
this medium to beg you all to warn and tell everyone, before they drink salt
and damage their health.
Please dont
be hash on me. I know this has gone out of hand. I never knew it will be this
serious. Some have even added to the original message i sent.
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