FDA Approves Plasma Therapy For Sickest Coronavirus Patients

MSN ^ | 03/25/2020

[SeekAndFind]

Some uplifting news on the coronavirus front. The FDA announced Tuesday that it is approving the use of a new treatment for the sickest patients.

The agency said that doctors can now administer blood plasma taken from patients who have recovered from the infection. This plasma contains antibodies to the virus and the hope is that by injecting these antibodies into seriously ill patients, they can better fight the infection.

New York State plans to use the treatment in clinical trials. It will take some time before researchers know whether it works, but experts are optimistic.

[faithhopecharity]

Makes sense

[steve86]

Or I should say infected, not died.

[gandalftb]

You make a good point.
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China adds about 20,000 new phone numbers a month to their government directory.
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Until last month, they report nearly a million fewer numbers. There must be some explanation??

[Texas Eagle]

Oh, thank you, FDA. What would we do without you?

Besides thrive, I mean.

[eartick]

well bless their lil bureaucratic hearts

[Crucial]

I don’t understand why those drugs aren’t approved to treat CoVid-19.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Each time this organization has used the "Plasma therapy"(new name) the original name was "Antibody-dependent enhancement" this causes infections in the lungs and the cells hold a long memory for new SARS strains.

Hundreds of millions of these vaccines where distributed by the Chiron Corporation in 2004. In 2012 this same organization under a new name where banned again with the drugs in the US and Eourpe under the names Fluvirin, Fluad and Agrippal. After they "fix it" they where allowed to redistribute this vaccine in 2016(I think.)

[kevao]

How is the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin treatment, which has hundreds of positive reports considered “anecdotal,” while this treatment, which has no track history at all, suddenly approved by FDA?

[trebb]

Thanks for asking that - I wanted to ask it too but opted to see if anyone else did - doesn’t appear that he has an answer...