Hacker NewsOct 16

Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Global HIV Surge

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/asia/bluetoothing-drug-blood-sharing.html

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‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.

The New York Times
Ellen T WrightAug 11, 2023
Georgia (USA) Gov. Kemp refuses to expand Medicaid to poor/low income people primarily because he doesn't want to appear "liberal" to his followers. As a result, people who have long term conditions like HIV & comorbidities cannot pay for care. This is life/death for them. His ambition vs their lives. #Medicaidexpansion #HIVsurge #BrianKemp #truthbrigade