“It's only when we're purpose-driven that we are really living,” says Cooke, Austin's lone doctor. “Otherwise, we can be of no earthly good.”
What happened here provides lessons for the entire country about preventing and halting a deadly disease. When the epidemic broke out two years ago, it was like a hurricane hit. The state and federal governments swooped in. Executive orders were signed, emergencies declared. A new state law was passed allowing limited needle exchange programs to curb the spread of disease.
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