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Full title: "FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising COVID–19 Treatment, Another Achievement in Administration’s F
by JohnTHaller 6y ago
Full title: "FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising COVID–19 Treatment, Another Achievement in Administration’s Fight Against Pandemic"
Convalescent plasma has been used throughout the nation for months now. I've got my 6th plasma donation scheduled for Tuesday. The reason for this 'breakthrough announcement' is the part of the title after the comment. Pure politics.
- newacct583 6y agoTo be clear, also: there's really sketchy evidence that it works. Just four days (!!) ago, the administrative decision was halted due to concerns within the department, see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/blood-plasma-covid-19.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/blood-plasma-... Needless to say, no science has been published in the interrim. This was just the white house needing to get the announcement into the news cycle. It's also worth pointing out the ironic side of this: the only reason that plasma treatment is a feasible option in the US is because of the distressingly large population of recovered covid cases. Had we done our jobs correctly last spring and early summer, we actually wouldn't have enough plasma.