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The treatment touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis is helping thousands of Floridians fend off severe COVID-19. But health experts say vaccines and masks are critical to stopping the surge.
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The governor appeared with Toma Dean, the woman seen on the floor of a state-run Regenron clinic in a viral photo. Dean said that she believes the treatment helped keep her alive after she caught COVID.
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Florida's 20 or so locations have treated more than 10,000 people. But Gov. Ron DeSantis, in The Villages to open another, says more people could be helped.
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Toma Dean said she was too out of breath to keep standing while waiting for injections of monoclonal antibodies. She says she would be in the ER had she not received the treatment.
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Health officials in Hillsborough County are urging people to make appointments and to prepare to spend about half a day at the site.
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The photographer said nurses were friendly and were doing their best, and the patients were all friendly despite the two-hour waits. Some patients shared the limited chairs that were available.
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Locations in Pasco, Hillsborough and Volusia counties join five others around the state. Patients at high-risk of developing severe COVID-19 including those with obesity or lung disease can get the treatment.