Ahead of tonight's VP debate + COVID, a reminder that Mike Pence is responsible for the single biggest outbreak of HIV in the history of Indiana -- so infamous were his actions that he's literally the subject of several case studies on poor leadership in public health.

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"Pence’s handling of the Indiana HIV outbreak is a case study in mismanagement of a public health crisis... [giving] Austin, Indiana with a population of around 4,200, a higher HIV incidence than 'any country in sub-Saharan Africa,' said Dr. Tom Frieden." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/02/how-mike-pence-made-indianas-hiv-outbreak-worse-118648

"Infections... peaked at 126 around Jan 10, 2015, over 2 months before [Pence] declared a public health emergency... Initiation of a response on Jan 1, 2013, could have suppressed the number of infections to 56 or fewer, averting at least 127 infections" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(18)30176-0/fulltext#seccestitle150