Wow. This thing is really a super virus. I wonder how that happened? /s
Consider the source...
Trust but verify.
The convalescent plasma made available for patients in May under an EUA was not titered - some units had a lot of antibody, some had little.
It was a good idea, but there is no way to make sense out of this “trial” since we do not know who got what in terms of neutralizing antibody.
I’d take it!
I don’t think this means that plasma with covid antibodies won’t help you recover from covid, but it may still make you immune.
They cared nothing for the lives of patients, but cared everything for winning political favor and rewards.
As opposed to plasma, which has the platelets filtered out.
I am not a doctor, and really don't know what's customary here. I heard that using donated antibodies has had some success, was that wrong?
The big criticism of the study is that it was used too late in the disease. An earlier study that used it sooner showed some help. Nothing dramatic.
MATH+ therapy 100% effective
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/covid-19-how-new-information-should-drive-policy
Starting about minute 48, MATH+ therapy described. 98% effective for serious cases. Known since April. No new drugs or vaccines are needed. Cv19 is easily treated.
What the paper concluded was that convalescent plasma worked in producing neutralizing antibodies that reduced the SARS-COV-2 viral load but both arms of the study had about the same mortality and other adverse effects. This was because other proteins in the human plasma caused blood clotting and cardiac events that led to negative outcomes.
This would not occur in monoclonal antibody therapies like Regeneron that are manufactured and do not contain all the other proteins in natural human plasma.
Convalescent plasma was considered an attractive therapy because it could be easily produced and would be available without FDA approval. It would probably work if patients were also given anticoagulents like Xarelto or Eliquis to reduce the coagulation risk but it would be better to use Regeneron’s drug which has no coagulation risk.
I believe Fauci supported this 100%. I’ll google around.
Two of my family members received this treatment as part of a study. 48 hour recovery. Both were not yet admitted to the hospital - but were on the verge of being admitted. It may be that if you are already hospitalized it is not effective.
I pretty much ignore any article telling us how something doesn’t work. More interested in those that show some promise - like Regeneron - and HCQ :-)
From the same bunch that implicated MMR vaccines in autism risk.
I’m not very enthused with any treatment in a hospital and wouldn’t want to trade a home for it.
I want whatever treatment was given to Chris Christie. He has never looked healthy and yet he survived covid.
If Trump mentioned it as a possible treatment, it’s a given it will be attacked not only as being “ineffective”, but also “deadly”.
“Convalescent Plasma”?
Where ‘n He’ll ya get that?
Leisure World?