"Muggles" wrote in message ...
On 2/5/2021 9:49 AM, Bod wrote:
On 05/02/2021 15:44, Muggles wrote:
On 2/5/2021 9:17 AM, Bod wrote:
On 05/02/2021 14:58, Muggles wrote:
I just heard about this particular treatment a few days ago. It
sounds promising.

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*EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA) OF COVID-19 CONVALESCENT PLASMA FOR
TREATMENT OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COVID-19*

Read this Fact Sheet for information about COVID-19 convalescent
plasma. Talk to your health care provider if you have questions. It is
your choice to accept treatment with COVID-19 convalescent plasma or
stop it at any time.

*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.


{more}
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?


No.


I know a bunch of people who have had covid. Many of those people wore
masks all the time. A few people could NOT wear masks due to medical
conditions. ONLY ONE man got seriously ill. This Sr. man was the only
person I know who has been hospitalized out of all the people I know who
had covid. He got the flu, but waited too long before seeking medical
assistance. By the time he did seek help, an ambulance had to take him to
the ER. He was diagnosed with Covid within 10 minutes of getting there,
admitted to the hospital, had pneumonia and a severe blood infection, and
spent about 2 weeks there being treated. He improved some, but reached a
plateau. Four days ago they began giving him Covid plasma treatments with
covid antibodies. The man began feeling better later that day, and 3 days
later he tested negative for Covid, is improving dramatically, and will
get out of the hospital either today or tomorrow.

The technical term for that is 'pathetically inadequate sample'

Plenty that treatment has been tried on have died anyway.

It sounds like this is the best treatment for seriously ill patients in
the hospital.

Then you need a new hearing aid, BAD.

Part of the issue is the covid plasma treatment is quite expensive - $2500
for each treatment I am told.

And thats vastly more expensive than a
vaccination which works much better too.

Many people have antibodies from recovering from covid. Why isn't there
emphasis on the life-saving potential for this treatment?

Because vaccination works much better,
is much cheaper and has no risk of getting
infected with something else the donor has.

Everyone can easily donate covid antibody plasma when they've recovered.

See above.