Opinion: Right-wing politicians are stoking renewed moral panic about HIV
In May, just before Pride Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released news worth celebrating: 2021 saw the lowest numbers of new HIV diagnoses in decades. New HIV infections were down 12% from 2017 to 2021, thanks to successful prevention efforts, including PrEP. The end of the epidemic may finally be in our grasp. Prevention methods now include a medication called PrEP (for pre-exposure prophylaxis), and uptake has never been higher.
But lawmakers and judges may undo this progress by cashing in on the political capital of renewed moral panic about HIV.
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