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Nearly 5,000 people a year in Florida are diagnosed with HIV, a number that hasn’t budged much in the last 10 years despite the nation overall experiencing an 8% decline. And many Floridians don't even know they have the virus.

As Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday afternoon, Brandi Liptock was working in a Sarasota hospital operating room 40 miles away from the eyewall saving a life.