And we have plenty of supply coming, especially hospital workers.
“Historically, this has worked,” said Dr. Jeffrey Henderson, associate professor of medicine and molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “Before we had vaccines, this was used for infectious diseases like measles and diphtheria.”
Convalescent plasma was also successfully used during the 1918 flu pandemic, he said.
The antibody tissue cultures still work. Take the plasma, put it in culture and get many more antibodies in a few days. Antibody treatment holds great promise for remission because the doc can control the rate of antibody injection and avoid burning or drowning the patient with an immune response. It become a one two punch, the doc can aid the immune system early in remission, then if immune response becomes deadly, suppress it without losing antibody control. Two hammers, one going in and one going out.
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