After the coronavirus pandemic demanded home orders across the country, many people stopped being tested for other conditions – including HIV. Now that the country is reopening, public officials are admitting a sudden HIV outbreak in Boston to heightened tests.
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“It’s amazing that we have as many cases as we have,” said Jennifer José Lo, medical director of the Boston Public Health Commission. The Boston Globe. ‘It’s not easy to transmit HIV. It is a very preventable, very treatable disease … It has an impact on a community that is already facing many challenges. ‘
The initial HIV / AIDS outbreak in the 1980s hit the LGBTQ + community hard, especially gay and bisexual men of color, who had previously been marginalized and discriminated against because of their sexuality. the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated these inequalities. Today, 4 out of 10 transgender women in several big cities living with HIV, which is disproportionate in black and indigenous communities, as well as the Spanish community.
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However, the outbreak in Boston is mainly among people who inject drugs and do not have housing, public health officials told The Boston Globe. This is accompanied by a recent increase in the use of fentanyl and homelessness. In all these populations, however, stigma is a major obstacle to mitigating the crisis.
“This is an indication of how well we are treating our marginalized communities,” Joshua Barocas, an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center, told the Boston Globe, saying pre-pandemic efforts were already short-lived. ‘This is another epidemic that can be completely prevented. And it has to do with the fact that we do not make provision for our most vulnerable. ”
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