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More Than 3% of Russian Men Aged 40–50 Have HIV as Epidemic Spreads in 27 Regions (united24media.com)
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[–] 60 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Igonina attributed the infections mainly to violations of sanitary and epidemiological rules, including the use of the same catheters and glucometers for multiple patients.

I was going to guess drug use. How fucked is it that you go for medical treatment and end up with HIV?

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  • [–] 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    catheters.. multiple patients

    Holy fuck I cannot vote for more health care funding fast enough

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure you get to vote for more health care funding in Russia...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Last I heard Russia did have the highest incidence of heroin usage in Europe, so that's likely a factor.

    Likely not many needle exchanges there. But if it was from intravenous drug use, one would expect hepatitis c to be even higher, as it is here in the US with such addicts. Especially the ones of the older generations, like 60s to 70 years old now or so.

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