Archived Why is Trump pushing for convalescent plasma? (GreatAwakening)
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Archived Why is Trump pushing for convalescent plasma? (GreatAwakening)
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[–] Elmo334 ago
The FDA was about to allow it when Fauci put a hold on it for no good reason but his usual not enough info on it working. Trump went over his head and had it approved. Bye bye Fauci!
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FDA halts emergency approval of COVID-19 blood plasma treatment
By Yaron Steinbuch August 19, 2020 | 10:01am | Updated
Melissa Cruz elevates her arm after donating blood plasma in April.
Melissa Cruz elevates her arm after donating blood plasma in April. Karen Ducey/Getty Images
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The Food and Drug Administration’s emergency authorization for blood plasma as a treatment for the coronavirus has been put on hold to allow for more data to be reviewed, according to a report.
An emergency approval could still be issued by the FDA in the near future, H. Clifford Lane, clinical director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the New York Times.
Several top health experts — including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health — intervened last week, saying that data on the treatment was too weak, two senior administration officials told the newspaper
https://nypost.com/2020/08/19/fda-halts-emergency-approval-of-covid-blood-plasma-treatment/