Can blood of recovered COVID-19 patients help treat disease?

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer speaks to researchers who are looking at the experimental treatment while an approved vaccine is months away, at best.

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[genmockify]

If I get this virus and beat it, I will be donating as much as possible.

(I hate needles but people's lives mean more than a little discomfort)

[aluna]

It is very hard to find a cure overnight, especially that this virus hit so hard so quick. I bow to all medical staff, police, firefighters, cashiers, stores and warehouse workers that are taking the risk of dying for the community.

[khusiparvin]

God bless you all medical teams....
We are praying for everybody all the time...

[Javy_Valen_Tain]

Lets hope doctors find some sort of treatment before it may be too late !

[ELLPD]

I pray this treatment works, so many families and friends losing their lives to this evil virus.

[azia]

I just feel so bad from New York City. They have been a lot of bad time that losing good people over the year. like 9/11 even some shooting over the year.

[andrewberrocal]

At this point the objective is to hold out until they find a sufficient treatment

[RardTangler]

Proud of my city for at least trying. Thank you Houston!

[nadzskeigaming]

Hope they can make it..
Many people died from the virus ... Make it stop plzzz.

[TraciBinIT]

This is brilliant! If it works, the potential for quickly developing lifesaving treatment for patients is limitless!

[laurastafford]

Amen, I pray to see everyone walking out of these hospitals a live and well..God please help find a cure in Jesus name♥️

[Joshtapus]

I’m currently quarantining with my gf at her mothers house who is a respiratory care physician, scared to hell it’ll come home and have no idea what to do

[perfectstudents]

Why are the U.S. doctors waiting so long to do this? For months, the Chinese doctors have been saying that the most effective treatment for Covid-19 is the convalescent plasma with antibodies from recovered patients.
Recently, they also took a lot of the blood plasma to treat patients in Europe.

[loditx]

Good to hear some good news; even if it's still in iffy stages. Thanks, folks.

[Cartoonking]

Well thank God there is hope for an antibody vaccine that’s made from other recovered COVID-19 patients in the making!

[amyvoyager]

Richard is great human who is willing to donate blood for infected patients who are dying ...

[vitahippo]

I ran into an interview about treatments China adopted, it seemed this blood treatment worked out well over there.

[ron-them.c.]

Right now, it's a race against time!!we have to hold on to hope... anything is possible!!🇹🇹

[MiguelRomero-jrbg]

Honestly I feel like this is a very good sign!

[umairhasnain]

Plasma Transfusion might work as there were some news from Chinese doctors of treating seriously ill patients with the same procedure. In Pakistan Doctors have started to treat ICU patients a couple of days back. Since there are not many patients who have recovered for now so they are treating on Critical patients and enforcing lockdowns to slow the spread for now. When more patients recover in 14 days then the transfusion will also begin for not so critical patients as well to get ahead of the curve. A recovered patient can donate plasma again in 2 weeks of time