Hospitals, clinics and blood banks are increasingly asking COVID survivors to consider donating their blood, in hopes of drawing out the antibodies and putting them to work in other people's bodies. wamu885
Inova has gotten approval from the FDA to use plasma on multiple patients, part of a broader array of clinical trials being conducted to test different therapies and drugs on COVID patients.
The challenge that Jacob and others who have recovered from COVID have experienced, however, is qualifying to donate their plasma. Jacob was told she has to wait 28 days after the last time she showed symptoms of the disease before she's eligible to donate. For others, they were told to wait two weeks — but they need to show proof of a negative test, which can be hard to come by.
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