As coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients she helps in the rural Black Belt stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor's visits.

Some fell back into drug and alcohol abuse. Others feared the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus made them more vulnerable to the coronavirus and refused to leave their homes.

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