Posted on 08/23/2020 5:42:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 23 the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma to treat the CCP virus.
“I’m pleased to make a truly historic announcement … that will save thousands of lives,” Trump said, describing it as a “breakthrough in a fight” against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made an emergency-use authorization of convalescent plasma for the virus, saying it is “safe and very effective.” He said the treatment will reduce mortality from the virus by about 35 percent.
Convalescent plasma treatments use blood from COVID-19 patients who have recovered and built antibodies against the virus. Doctors then infuse the plasma into new patients to prevent severe symptoms of the virus, according to the Mayo Clinic, which is researching the treatment.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called on Americans to donate plasma to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic. He described the 35 percent death-reduction rate from the treatment as a “major breakthrough.”
Emergency authorization isn’t full FDA approval, but it suggests that the agency believes the benefits of the therapy outweigh the risks. Antiviral drug remdesivir is another medication approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19.
According to the FDA’s website: “Although promising, convalescent plasma has not yet been shown to be safe and effective as a treatment for COVID-19. Therefore, it is important to study the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in clinical trials.”
Convalescent plasma has been used since the 19th century to treat a variety of illnesses including chickenpox, diphtheria, and the flu. Namely, it was used to combat the Spanish flu pandemic from 1918 to 1920, which killed tens of millions of people.
“With plasma, we’re leveraging the body’s amazing ability to develop antibodies and immunity to pathogens,”
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They were doing this with Ebola virus patients. It works pretty good. Watch the demon-rats outlaw it
He could do the same for HCQ to keep in line with his chime for “Right to Try” and all. HCQ could save a whole lot more lives than this plasma if it were given early.
I watched a YouTube video of Trump making the announcement.
I was from MSNBC.
The comments section was full of crazy libtards with the most ignorant shit you can imagine.
I had to walk away before I punched something.
These people are lunatics
Meanwhile ONLY minutes ago Joe Biden Tweets:
“President Obama and I established a White House office to prepare our nation for future pandemics. Donald Trump eliminated it — and we’ve been paying the price every single day.”
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1297694360545484801
https://www.facebook.com/joebiden
I think he needs to be Freeped
they got the name right CCP virus
Thanks for the post. Nice coverage...
Did anyone else hear the reporter try to ask a gotcha
question as they were filing out? “Ah, did anyone pressure
you classify this for use now?”
Always trying to turn good news into a scandal...
They ignored him.
Convalescent plasma treatments have been being tried for covid-19 patients for quite a while now, at least 3 months that I know of, probably longer. From what I have read it hasn’t really proven very helpful.
The FDA, always a century behind.
Just an FYI, I posted this on another thread:
A close friend of mine worked in the Covid unit of a local hospital from the beginning of the pandemic.
She told me a couple of months ago that convalescent plasma “stops it in its tracks”.
She said that HCQ is good (they used it until the plasma became available) but plasma is better.
Bkmk
Bttt
Your friend probably didn’t see the people who got the Chinese Virus and used HCQ early because they never needed to go to the hospital.
I note that the actual emergency use authorization (linked below) was signed TODAY... a Sunday. President Trump clearly put the fear of God into the foot-dragging bureaucrats.
https://www.fda.gov/media/141477/download
“Convalescent plasma treatments have been being tried for covid-19 patients for quite a while now, at least 3 months that I know of, probably longer. From what I have read it hasn’t really proven very helpful.”
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You need to read more extensively. ;-)
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