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I had a Pemgarda (COVID PreP mAbs) infusion at an oncology office last week. Only the nurse working with me masked, in a surgical. No other nurses or patients masked. There are no isolation areas. The 2 corner rooms, which have reduced exposure to the staff and patients, were taken by patients on beds. I was told they had "greater needs" than I had because "some have zero counts" (of what wasn't said), though I am a person with double primary immune deficiency. When i asked for protection, they pulled a curtain halfway over my cubicle niche. The patients on beds were not masking. I became symptomatic 3 days later and tested positive the day after that. This was after having had COVID for a month. The infusion center knows patients are severely immune compromised, but their infection control protocol does nothing to prevent airborne transmission! I masked the entire time, but I had to pull up my mask to blow my nose because it was running down my chin. I tried not to breathe, but I was likely exposed at that moment. I started Xocova/ensitrelvir the next day, but it was not enough. I've switched to Paxlovid since the positive test.