Demand for COVID antibody drugs soars in hard-hit states
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August 20, 2021
People infected with COVID-19 were captured in a photo this week lying on the floor in pain while waiting for antibody infusions at a treatment site set up inside the library in Jacksonville, Florida.
The image has become a vivid illustration of the huge demand for the once-neglected COVID-19 drugs in the states hit hardest by a summer surge of infections being driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
"They were moaning and obviously in a lot of pain. They were miserable," said Luis Lopez, who shot the photograph as he waited for more than two hours to receive the treatment.
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