Posted on 08/25/2020 7:34:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The World Health Organization on Monday warned that the use of plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment for the coronavirus remains experimental despite the White House's authorization of it Sunday.
"The results are not conclusive" on the treatment's effectiveness, the WHO's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in a press briefing, according to The Associated Press. The same treatment has been used historically for flu and measles outbreaks and the Ebola outbreak that hit several west African nations.
President Trump, announcing the emergency authorization Sunday, described the treatment as a "breakthrough."
Swaminathan said the treatment remains experimental, and that, because different people produce different levels of antibodies, it can be difficult to standardize the treatment.
"Of course, countries can do an emergency listing if they feel the benefits outweigh the risks," she said, according to the AP. "But that's usually done when you're waiting for the more definitive evidence."
The use of plasma "should not be considered a new standard of care" for the virus, Swaminathan said in a letter, adding that further data on its use should be produced in the months ahead.
Although plasma treatment shows "huge promise," Martin Landray of the University of Oxford said, "there is a huge gap between theory and proven benefit."
"If effective, convalescent plasma could be rapidly used worldwide. If not, it could be abandoned," he said.
University of Leeds associate professor of medicine Stephen Griffin compared the White House touting the treatment to Trump's aggressive promotion of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
"It appears that the lessons from hydroxychloroquine have not been learned," he said, according to the AP.
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Lockdowns and mask mandates are also still “experimental”, but doesn’t stop the MSM from acting like they are necessary.
WHO has no credibility.
Some democrat, somewhere, will lose lots of money
It’s a temporary measure as the antibodies don’t remain in you forever, but it’s still better than nothing!!!
Reminds me of putting out a barn fire. Sorry. but there is no waiting for some ideal fire extinguisher, you need to use multiple measures ASAP!!!!
This.
Brett Baier interviewed a Vanderbilt College Doctor who pooh pooed this as well. Let’s face it, there are many doctors who are as political as the activists in the media.
Ditto with HCQ
What fools they make of our “medical experts’”
So was the Salk Vaccine....once!
I have a good friend who had plasma treatment after spending 2 weeks in the hospital and getting worse every day. He came home 4 hours after treatment. His wife calls the effectiveness of the treatment a miracle as his decline was making death seem inevitable.
WHO is proving itself to be a political organization.
Of course they are, just like the media. The trick is convincing the low info voters to see reality.
Trump should have come out VEHEMENTLY against it ... then we’d have it in weeks!
WHO and the FDA and the CDC and any other AlphabetOrganization being run by Big Pharma: Take notice! You will no longer be a bottleneck to promising therapies being tried and used by doctors and hospitals who are actually treating patients!
Without Plasma Infusion Therapy I would have died.
After my last round of Chemotherapy five years ago my Immune System dropped like a rock. I ended up with multiple Lung Infections, a Mass in my Lungs and Pneumonia.
Various Antibiotics were given to me and did nothing. My Oncologist and a Lung Specialist agreed that it was worth trying Plasma Infusion as a last resort.
The Lung Specialist wanted me to schedule multiple infusions while my Oncologist was a bit more reserved, opting for a wait and see strategy after the initial Treatment.
I had the first (and only) infusion and I was on my way to recovery within two weeks. I was sick a total of four Months and lost 35 Pounds. Never needed additional Treatment.
Who’s on first.
Exactly right. Didn't Pres. Trump WITHDRAW the United States from the W.H.O. not too long ago? Exactly what authority does the W.H.O. have to tell America what to do? Yep, that's right -- NONE. Ergo, they can perform a physically impossible sexual act upon themselves; in the common vernacular, they can GFT.
Hahahaha! Take your bullsh** and shove it up your arse WHO.
Mmmm. Hey Democrats. Maybe you SHOULD LET THEIR DOCTOR DECIDE!!!!
New Townsend Daltrey lyrics about “My Generation”
“I hope I get old before I die”
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