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by zulux 34 days ago
"relatives slept in the same room as the body, stayed beside it continuously, or had direct physical contact during overnight mourning."

I’ll do my best to avoid the overnight cuddle vigil with an Ebola corpse.

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This is a great example of how some cultures are better than others.
This makes the recent burning of ebola clinic tents by angry relatives make more sense.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-tent-fire-congo-9.721000...