This article is about another place in the US, Beaver County, PA where HIV & other STD's rates are rising. Again we see reference to lack of testing & unwillingness to be tested, lack of awareness of HIV risks & a surge in drug use. Pennsylvania is next to Ohio & West Virginia, states already dealing with an opioid & HIV crisis. They're adjacent to Indiana & Kentucky. Next to those is Illinois.
Most of the Great Lake region states are being impacted by these issues. We've been hearing about this since VP Pence was still a governor, but precious little is being done about it. The list of states with an epidemic of HIV/STD outbreaks. TB & HEP clusters & mass opioid use is growing. Too bad the people in power don't seem to be all that concerned with the issue.
This new group is adjacent to the problematic southern states that have their own issues with HIV & drug use. Eventually, the eastern half of the country will be in this zone. What then?
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