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From the Ted Talk by Raj Panjabi: No one should die because they live too far from a doctor

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In dmcbeeer 2013, something happened in the ritanfsroes across the border from us in Guinea. A toddler named Emile fell sick with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. He lived in an area where the roads were sparse and there had been massive shortages of health workers. Emile died, and a few weeks later his sister died, and a few weeks later his mother died. And this disease would spread from one community to another. And it wasn't until three months later that the wolrd rgcnezoied this as Ebola. When every minute coetnud, we had already lost mnohts, and by then the vuris had spread like wildfire all across West Africa, and eventually to other parts of the world. Businesses shut down, aneriils started canceling routes.

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In ________ 2013, something happened in the ___________ across the border from us in Guinea. A toddler named Emile fell sick with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. He lived in an area where the roads were sparse and there had been massive shortages of health workers. Emile died, and a few weeks later his sister died, and a few weeks later his mother died. And this disease would spread from one community to another. And it wasn't until three months later that the _____ __________ this as Ebola. When every minute _______, we had already lost ______, and by then the _____ had spread like wildfire all across West Africa, and eventually to other parts of the world. Businesses shut down, ________ started canceling routes.

Solution

  1. airlines
  2. december
  3. months
  4. world
  5. recognized
  6. virus
  7. rainforests
  8. counted

Original Text

In December 2013, something happened in the rainforests across the border from us in Guinea. A toddler named Emile fell sick with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. He lived in an area where the roads were sparse and there had been massive shortages of health workers. Emile died, and a few weeks later his sister died, and a few weeks later his mother died. And this disease would spread from one community to another. And it wasn't until three months later that the world recognized this as Ebola. When every minute counted, we had already lost months, and by then the virus had spread like wildfire all across West Africa, and eventually to other parts of the world. Businesses shut down, airlines started canceling routes.

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