To this young British doctor, Ebola is "a disease that strips people of any kind of dignity in death". Yet she fears the scenes she witnessed as an aid worker in West Africa's epidemic may be repeated as the deadly virus is beaten back, memories fade and conspiracy theories creep in. "This whole epidemic has been plagued by conspiracy theories about Ebola, including that it was a creation of the government designed to get aid money," MacDermott told Reuters during a short break at home in Britain before returning to Liberia. It's a very fragile situation." West Africa's unprecedented and devastating Ebola epidemic is waning, with case numbers dropping in the three affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
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