"Muggles" wrote in message ...
On 2/5/2021 10:16 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/5/2021 10:44 AM, Muggles wrote:


*WHAT IS COVID-19 CONVALESCENT PLASMA?*

The blood from people who recover from COVID-19 contains substances
called antibodies, which are capable of fighting the virus that causes
the illness. For some other diseases caused by respiratory viruses,
giving people the liquid portion of blood that contains these
antibodies, called plasma, obtained from those who have recovered from
the virus, may lead to more rapid improvement of the disease. Patients
with COVID-19 may improve faster if they receive plasma from those who
have recovered from COVID-19, because it may have the ability to fight
the virus that causes COVID-19.


*HOW IS COVID-19 CONVALESCENT PLASMA GIVEN?*

You will be given plasma, the liquid portion of the blood, from a
person who has recovered from COVID-19. It will be given into one of
your veins, using a sterile single use needle, and will be given over
the course of up to about one to two hours. Approximately 200 mL (a
little less than 8 ounces) of plasma will be given in an initial
infusion. Additional infusions of plasma may occur throughout your
hospital stay if the treating physician determines that additional
treatments are clinically justified.


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https://www.fda.gov/media/141479/dow...s%20COVID%2D19.

Sounds interesting, thanks.


Do you know anyone who has recovered from covid and then donated plasma
with antibodies?


Yes, one fellow had donated at least twice that I'm aware of.


That's great! That will provide people with antibodies

The vaccines do that much better and
much more cheaply and much more safely.

which is the main method of our bodies fighting off viruses.