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While most of today’s news involved Plutocrats at Play, out here in the country, the administration’s cruel bungling of the nation’s public health is sickening. Literally. In Maine, the largest HIV outbreak in that state’s history is raging in Penobscot County, which includes Bangor, the state’s third-most populous city. From The Boston Globe:

Penobscot County, which typically sees two new HIV cases a year, has reported 30 new infections since October 2023—the biggest outbreak in state history. At the end of September, Maine public health experts asked for support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a “significant public health concern,” according to state documents requested by the Globe.

In situations like this, in the regular course of things,

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