Official Said No One Had Ever Died of AIDS in Scott County. So We Checked Advertisement
Citing lack of AIDS cases, Indiana county commissioner votes to shutter needle exchange. Advertisement
County Commissioner Mike Jones told WDRB News that HIV deaths were not a problem in Scott County and that the real public health emergency was overdose deaths. He said that since 2017, 74 people have died of overdoses not reversed with Narcan.
“To my knowledge not one person has ever died of HIV in Scott County,” the news site reported Jones said. Another report from NPR quoted Jones as saying, “I have a hard time handing a needle to somebody that I know they’re going to hurt theirself with.”