▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁cases ▁were ▁caused ▁by ▁people ▁returning ▁from ▁Liber ia ▁or ▁from ▁Sierra ▁Le one ; ▁however ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁suggested ▁that ▁vill agers ▁had ▁become ▁fear ful ▁and ▁were ▁hiding ▁cases ▁rather ▁than ▁reporting ▁them . ▁ ▁See ing ▁workers ▁we aring ▁the ▁required ▁protection ▁out f its ▁worn ▁by ▁health ▁workers ▁and ▁taking ▁those ▁sus pected ▁of ▁having ▁E bol a ▁or ▁of ▁being ▁contacts ▁to ▁the ▁treatment ▁center ▁( per haps ▁never ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁again ), ▁ref using ▁the ▁usual ▁bur ial ▁rit uals ▁when ▁a ▁patient ▁died , ▁and ▁other ▁actions ▁taken ▁by ▁the ▁un famil iar ▁individuals ▁that ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁their ▁remote ▁areas , ▁had ▁led ▁to ▁rum ors ▁of ▁organ ▁har vest ing ▁and ▁government ▁and ▁trib al ▁plots . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁September ▁news ▁report , ▁" Many ▁Gu ine ans ▁say ▁local ▁and ▁foreign ▁health care ▁workers ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁which ▁either ▁deliber ately ▁introduced ▁the ▁out break , ▁or ▁invent ed ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁l uring ▁Afr icans ▁to ▁clin ics ▁to ▁har vest ▁their ▁blood ▁and ▁org ans ." ▁As ▁described ▁in ▁another ▁news ▁article , ▁" The ▁health ▁workers ▁don ’ t ▁look ▁like ▁any ▁people ▁you ’ ve ▁ever ▁seen . ▁They ▁perform ▁st iff ly ▁and ▁slowly , ▁and ▁then ▁they ▁disappear ▁into ▁the ▁tent ▁where ▁your ▁mother ▁or ▁brother ▁may ▁be , ▁and ▁everything ▁that ▁happens ▁inside ▁is ▁left ▁to ▁your ▁imagination .