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Austin, Indiana: The HIV Capital of Small-Town America
- dredmorbius 10y agoAt one a depressing and terrifying view of what a systemic cascade failure looks like. Economic failure -> social breakdown -> healthcare breakdown -> addiction -> bad hygiene practice -> epidemic. Among the reasons you want to treat elements such as living wages, employment, housing, and healthcare as public goods or social objectives. Also why criminalising health-related activities and behaviors tends to be counterproductive.
- biocomputation 10y agoAs a gay man who survived the first and second waves of the HIV epidemic, I found my hands shaking as I read the article. It's insane that this can even happen in America today.
- dredmorbius 10y agoHugs, man. What people refuse to learn is maddening.