When Mike Pence was governor of Indiana, an HIV outbreak hit one of the state's poorest counties. A study by the Yale School of Public Health found that had Indiana acted earlier the number of people affected could have been reduced by more than 90%.
found that had Indiana acted earlier the number of people affected could have been reduced by more than 90 percent.
"Our findings suggest that with earlier action the actual number of infections recorded in Scott County — 215 — might have been brought down to fewer than 56, if the state had acted in 2013, or to fewer than 10 infections, if they had responded to the... outbreak in 2010-2011," said Forrest Crawford, an associate professor of biostatistics at Yale, when the study was released.
Critics have pointed to the HIV outbreak to argue that Pence is the wrong person to lead the response. "There was an outbreak of HIV in Indiana a few years ago because Governor Mike Pence was horrible on public health policy," tweeted Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I."So no, I'm not relieved that Trump has him leading the coronavirus effort."that she expressed concerns to Pence about the HIV outbreak when she spoke to him about his new position.
"This is about resources, it is also about personnel, it's also about respect for science, for evidence-based decision making," Pelosi said.: "I spoke with the Vice President this morning, made some of these concerns known to him. We have always had a very candid relationship and I expressed to him the concern that I had of his being in this position."
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