This article is about Austin, Indiana's emergence from an opioid induced, HIV outbreak. I've posted about several rural towns that have faced this & most due to drug usage. Most of that brought on by a horrible economy.
In this town of just over 4,000, 235 tested HIV+. Think about it. That's the 200+ they know about, roughly 6% of the population. The last stat I saw for the US was just over 0.3%, a huge difference.
It's a good article, give it a read. It details struggles of the townspeople & governmental failure. Also, an ongoing resistance to doing what's necessary to prevent this from repeating. Most of that resistance comes from conservatives, both political & religious. We need to do better.
Cya...
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