Posted on Jun 10, 2020
Hundreds of Sailors Participated in a COVID-19 Antibodies Study. Here’s What Was Learned
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Lemonade. The entire Teddy situation was a debacle going down in a quagmire. At least some worthwhile (but just the tip of the iceberg - more is needed!) science came out of it.
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Herd immunity is proceeding slowly but surely. Now they need to donate plasma for treatment/vaccine development
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COL (Join to see)
Unfortunately sir all studies to date have shown very little promise with convalescent serum.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
COL (Join to see) - interesting because in Israel they are using those antibodies to treat the very ill pretty successfully
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We are using it in the US as well, however studies that are analyzing the causal relationship and direct effect, have to date found no significant benefit. I work at Mt Sinai in NYC, basically Ground Zero of COVID-19, and we have been leading the convalescent program in the region. The bottom line is that when people are truly sick and require intubation, very little helps compared to placebo. When patients are not that sick, there is a benefit, but how do you know it wasn't just their own body fighting the virus on its own?
No relation to the study but this is a common narrative for the sick patients: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/no-benefit-convalescent-plasma-covid-19-patients-study-finds
No relation to the study but this is a common narrative for the sick patients: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/no-benefit-convalescent-plasma-covid-19-patients-study-finds
No benefit of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 patients, study finds
Though no effect was found, the study was stopped early because of low enrollment.
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