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"The Nightmare Everyone Is Worried About": HIV Cases Tied To Opioids Spike In West Virginia County
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Barack O'Cumswallower
Sep 3, 2019, 8:30:02 AM9/3/19
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Cabell County has reported 74 cases since January 2018,
primarily among drug users sharing contaminated needles. The
recent surge in infections represents the convergence of two
major health epidemics, HIV and opioids, the Trump
administration has pledged to fight.
The fact that the uptick is happening in a rural county with an
unusually robust public health system — which already does much
of what the Trump administration wants to replicate nationwide
as it seeks to eradicate HIV transmission within a decade — may
be fortuitous for officials trying to prevent a broader
outbreak. But the fact that the cases have occurred despite the
county’s surveillance and prevention is also worrisome.
“The ground is fertile,” said Judith Feinberg, a professor of
behavioral medicine and infectious diseases at West Virginia
University. “This is the nightmare everyone is worried about.”
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/09/nightmare-everyone-
worried-hiv-cases-tied-opioids-spike-west-virginia-county/
primarily among drug users sharing contaminated needles. The
recent surge in infections represents the convergence of two
major health epidemics, HIV and opioids, the Trump
administration has pledged to fight.
The fact that the uptick is happening in a rural county with an
unusually robust public health system — which already does much
of what the Trump administration wants to replicate nationwide
as it seeks to eradicate HIV transmission within a decade — may
be fortuitous for officials trying to prevent a broader
outbreak. But the fact that the cases have occurred despite the
county’s surveillance and prevention is also worrisome.
“The ground is fertile,” said Judith Feinberg, a professor of
behavioral medicine and infectious diseases at West Virginia
University. “This is the nightmare everyone is worried about.”
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/09/nightmare-everyone-
worried-hiv-cases-tied-opioids-spike-west-virginia-county/
Byker
Sep 3, 2019, 7:09:33 PM9/3/19
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"Barack O'Cumswallower" wrote in message
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> Cabell County has reported 74 cases since January 2018, primarily among
> drug users sharing contaminated needles.
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> https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/09/nightmare-everyone-worried-hiv-cases-tied-opioids-spike-west-virginia-county/
> Cabell County has reported 74 cases since January 2018, primarily among
> drug users sharing contaminated needles.
>
Time to start handing out hotshots...
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