{"id":91682,"date":"2026-07-09T07:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91682"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:05:52","slug":"misinformation-fuelling-violent-attacks-on-ebola-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/09\/misinformation-fuelling-violent-attacks-on-ebola-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation fuelling violent attacks on Ebola health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/1920\/cpsprodpb\/afaa\/live\/87e99d10-7af0-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.png\" alt=\"Composite image shows three ebola health workers in hazmat outfits carrying a coffin. In the background a separate scene shows tents at an ebola treatment centre set on fire. \" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">\u201cThey grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes,\u201d says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four Red Cross volunteers injured<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c79yj09nd4qo\"> Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\u201cThey grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes,\u201d says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ebola"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ebola-centre-attack.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91683,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91682\/revisions\/91683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}