Well... the US at least has also spent the last few decades decreasing funding to community sexual health centers, which were at the forefront of the AIDS respo

Well... the US at least has also spent the last few decades decreasing funding to community sexual health centers, which were at the forefront of the AIDS response. So, that's not great. Hopefully this is a reason to reallocate money to a critical part of public health. If anyone is curious, there's a 2019 survey of "the challenges experienced by state and local public health entities at the frontline of STD prevention and control" (NCSD Phase II report): https://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NCSD-Phase-II-Final-Report.pdf https://www.ncsddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NCSD-Phase...