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Misinformation
is the undoing of most villages. A few years ago, I was a witness to this kind
of misinformation. It was during a time, when cancer had just reared its ugly
head and started wreaking havoc on innocent families.
Because the name cancer was a mysterious name, it inspired lots of
curiosity. It sounded more like the second name of the devil. Being diagnosed
with it was like being kissed or hugged by the devil himself. No one really
wanted to mention it by its name. It was as if acknowledging its presence would
make the disease contagious. It also breezed in with diverse theories and with
those theories the level of misinformation grew.
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