Beta-Amyloid plaques are *responses* to infections! It's the correspondent swelling killing the brain, so as usual stop the swelling and pathogens. And it wouldn't hurt to smack down the senescent cells that are the cause of the blood-brain barrier leaking.
For good reason; it's just rainbow puritanism. That said, they've made such societal inroads because the most intolerant get their way in society. They shouldn't be shocked by the alt-right (more intolerance) is the reaction.