Saturday, 18 October 2014

Heartless: US Company Makes Ebola T-Shirt Mocking Nigeria


“Nigerian Ebola souvenir tee” sold by Zazzle Apparel for $25.95(N4289.53)play
“Nigerian Ebola souvenir tee” sold by Zazzle Apparel for $25.95(N4289.53)
 (Zazzle.com)

A company in the US has described the current Ebola outbreak as a ‘hip new craze’ and has designed a souvenir T-Shirt which mocks Nigeria
Ebola is ravaging across West Africa leaving destruction and death in its wake but oneAmerican company thinks the disease is a ‘hip new craze’ and has decided to profit from it by selling a “Nigerian Ebola souvenir tee.” More after the cut...

The offending T-Shirt carries an inscription that reads:
"I went to Nigeria, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt and Ebola."
It was designed By MentalPoo of SalemNew Hampshire and is being sold by Zazzle Apparel for $25.95(N4289.53).
The product description reads:
“Hop on the hip new Ebola craze! Tell everyone you're a world class traveler AND probably have a deadly communicable disease with this Nigerian souvenir tee!”
The disease, which has infected 2 Americans, killed 9 people in Nigeria before it was contained and the country is set to be declared officially Ebola-free on Monday, October 20.
LiberiaGuinea and Sierra Leone are still battling to end the scourge which has claimed almost 4500 lives.

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