Editing Austin, Indiana (section)

===HIV Crisis===

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that Austin “contains the largest drug-fueled H.I.V. outbreak to hit rural America in recent history.” Its 5 percent infection rate “is comparable to some African nations.” According to New York Times columnist [[Thomas Friedman]], who visited with Austin's only doctor, Will Cooke, Austin "doesn’t just sit at the intersection between Indianapolis and Louisville but at the intersection of hopelessness and economic ruin.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/opinion/rusting-and-rising-america.html?_r=0|title = Opinion &#124; A Road Trip Through Rusting and Rising America|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 24 May 2017|last1 = Friedman|first1 = Thomas L.}}</ref>

In 2015, press reports indicated the city was the center of an outbreak of [[HIV]] caused by the use of [[Oxymorphone|Opana]] as an injectable recreational drug. The outbreak required emergency action by state officials.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paquette|first1=Danielle|title=How an HIV outbreak hit rural Indiana — and why we should be paying attention|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/30/how-an-hiv-outbreak-hit-rural-indiana-and-why-we-should-be-paying-attention/|access-date=1 April 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=30 March 2015}}</ref> When the outbreak was first detected there were 30 HIV cases in a town that had, up until this point, only had 3 cases over several decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/16/801720966/5-years-after-indianas-historic-hiv-outbreak-many-rural-places-remain-at-risk|title=One Small Town Rebounds After HIV Outbreak|website=[[NPR]] |date=Feb 16, 2020|access-date=Feb 16, 2020}}</ref>  After 29 days, by the time Governor [[Mike Pence]] determined a course of action, the number of HIV cases had skyrocketed to 79.  In response to the crisis Scott County established "one-stop shop," where people could also get drug treatment referrals, free HIV testing, syringe exchanges, and other services.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wood|first=Josh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/07/mike-pence-indiana-hiv-outbreak-coronavirus|title='We still have darkness': the town where an HIV outbreak occurred under Mike Pence|date=2020-03-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>