Trump touts convalescent plasma as a coronavirus treatment

[webfact]

Trump touts convalescent plasma as a coronavirus treatment

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19 and suggested a reported decision by regulators to put on hold an emergency authorization for its use could be politically motivated.

 

"I've heard fantastic things about convalescent plasma," Trump told a briefing.

 

An emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment has been put on hold over concerns the data backing it was too weak, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

 

"It could be a political decision," Trump said.

 

"You have a lot of people over there that don't want to rush things because they want to do it after November 3," he said, referring to the presidential election.

 

"I've heard numbers way over 50% success. And people are dying and we should have it approved if it's good and I'm hearing it's good. I heard from people at the FDA that it's good," he said.

 

The FDA did not respond to a request for comment.

 

People who survive an infectious disease such as COVID-19 are left with blood plasma containing antibodies the body's immune system created to fight off a virus. This can be transfused into newly infected patients to try to aid recovery.

 

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Stephen Coates)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-08-20

 

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[Matzzon]

Dr. Trump is back again! Just sad that the FDA haven´t agreed with him yet.

[Bluespunk]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

An emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment has been put on hold over concerns the data backing it was too weak, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

 

"It could be a political decision," Trump said.

 

"You have a lot of people over there that don't want to rush things because they want to do it after November 3,"

The nonsense this man comes out with. His narcissism was bad enough, but now paranoia is setting in as well. 

[Tug]

Donald please just shut up and leave it to the experts please your incompetence has killed enough Americans already nobody wants more to die

[scorecard]

11 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

The nonsense this man comes out with. His narcissism was bad enough, but now paranoia is setting in as well. 

Agree, plus how come the details of the 'wow' items he comes up with and says 'he's read / he's heard good reports etc., are NEVER disclosed. 

 

Just tricky trump. All aligned to anything not agreeing with him claims/purpose is automatically 'political'. 

[Jingthing]

This therapy does sound promising but there is zero evidence that it is being held back for political reasons to hurt dear leader. 

 

I guess it's some kind of progress that he's talking about something that actually might help. 

[mtls2005]

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

"I've heard fantastic things

 

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

"I've heard numbers

 

 

He "hears" a lot of things.

 

He never says "I read" something.

 

And the "numbers" are always "fantastic", or "like no one has ever seen before".

 

Not sure this plasma treatment can scale at all though? I mean unless you get some sort Matrix-like tank complex of donors? 

 

 

[ChouDoufu]

well, i "heard" it's the blood of virgins that must be injected into the lungs, for a cleaning, or perhaps brought into the body, somehow.  and now you've "heard" it, too.

 

make america gullible again!

[PatOngo]

What amazes me is that his redneck followers cannot see what a fool he is, come on rednecks, OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS!..........Maybe there is no hope for them either! ????

[robblok]

20 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

 

He "hears" a lot of things.

 

He never says "I read" something.

 

And the "numbers" are always "fantastic", or "like no one has ever seen before".

 

Not sure this plasma treatment can scale at all though? I mean unless you get some sort Matrix-like tank complex of donors? 

 

 

Yes that is typical Trump... hears a lot..a nd numbers always super good better as anything.. ect. He sounds like a used car salesman. Too bad his voters can't see through it

 

[mtls2005]

23 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

What amazes me is that his redneck followers cannot see what a fool he is

People don't like to be reminded of the mistakes they've made. The Silent Majority defended nixon even as he walked to Marine 1. After that they pretended all 49 states didn't vote for him in 1972. (The 50th, Massachusetts, and DC, didn't vote for him, EC-wise.)

 

 

19 minutes ago, robblok said:

He sounds like a used car salesman.

A certain sub-section of the U.S. actually likes salespeople, but it's quite small and getting smaller.

 

 

'Trusting Trump was dad's only pre-existing condition', says woman who lost father to Covid-19. Kristin Urquiza. Quite heart-wrenching, as are all the memorials of the 170,000+ deaths.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

17 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

What amazes me is that his redneck followers cannot see what a fool he is, come on rednecks, OPEN YOUfur fR EYES AND EARS!..........Maybe there is no hope for them either! ????

For those that are still his loyal fans that politically mistaken word from HRC rings true and proven. 

 

Irredeemable. 

[geriatrickid]

Gee, he said the same thing  about hydroxychloroquine.

He really needs to change up his sales strategy.

 

 

[Eric Loh]

While convalescent plasma is not a new form of treatment and showed promises in covid treatment. Problem is that he whining and making this a political issue and he should allow his scientists to speak and tamper the expectation due to inadequate scientific evidence and established facts. In his rush to portray himself as a smart guy, he actually failed. 

[mtls2005]

Cases and deaths seem to be inching back up?

 

45,000/1,263 and 44,000/1,358 for Tue and Wed.

 

Seems like most schools and colleges won't open (for long) for in-person learning.

 

Honestly, if he just made the minimum effort to manage the crisis he'd get re-elected in a landslide. Re-directing his time, energy and intellectual prowess from snake-oil to executing rational plans and communicating recommendations based on science would insure another 4 years. But no, that's too much to ask evidently.

 

 

 

 

[The Barmbeker]

Little bit of this, little bit of that...

Come on, Donnie you only killed 175.000 yest...uypu can do more, for sure!

 

Can't wait for the Trump- followers to come up with their BS- articles, saying the dear leader is absolutelky right, because someone's uncles neighbors co- worker's dad said it helped him...

Like...you know...peer- reviewd laboritory- tests!

[GroveHillWanderer]

Ah, but is it better than oleandrin? ????

 

Trump 'enthusiastic' over unproven coronavirus therapeutic, MyPillow creator says

 

 

[petedk]

I am surprised that he hasn't discovered Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin

 

 

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Following a Trump announcement (when wearing a face mask) that he felt like the Lone Ranger Bette Midler is reported as saying the Lone Ranger's mask had two eye holes whereas the Trump mask has only one r sole.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, PatOngo said:

What amazes me is that his redneck followers cannot see what a fool he is, come on rednecks, OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS!..........Maybe there is no hope for them either! ????

They’re currently at Power-Buy/Walmart buying up all the ‘Plasmas’ they can lay their hands on.

[Paul Henry]

Signs of desperation. Trump knows his past is coming home to roost his 20,000 plus lies and misinformation along with his many failures in public office will lead him to try anything for recognition or admiration.  November the 3rd is scaring the sh!t out of him and that's why he is now hinting he may not leave the office if he doesn't win the election.He no longer rants and brags about how good he is and the people will vote him back in. setting up the scene that the dirty Democrats will take a leaf out of his book and cheat to win.

Sleepy Joe may show some signs of dementia but isn't showing the the signs that Trump displays of lunacy and mental disfunction. 

[Pedrogaz]

Just where did this bloated, blowhard, idiot of a man get his medical degree from. I need a second opinion on my strange disease and would like to book an appointment.

[PatOngo]

21 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

They’re currently at Power-Buy/Walmart buying up all the ‘Plasmas’ they can lay their hands on.

And all the AR15's with bump stocks! ????

[PatOngo]

10 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:

Y'all gotta get over 2016.

2020 is going to be even more distressing for you. ????

Git er dun! ????

[stevenl]

Unfortunately he is making a potentially effective treatment disputed.

[earlinclaifornia]

I heard alien sperm.....

[Dap]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"I've heard numbers way over 50% success.

Why in the world has no one else heard of this?

[gazza4]

8 hours ago, scorecard said:

Agree, plus how come the details of the 'wow' items he comes up with and says 'he's read / he's heard good reports etc., are NEVER disclosed. 

 

Just tricky trump. All aligned to anything not agreeing with him claims/purpose is automatically 'political'. 

But I'm still waiting for somebody that actually votes for this dropkick to come to his defence with supporting facts. Surely somebody out there is prepared to put their name in lights and publicly support him. We do understand, of course, that you can't defend the indefensible. As an aside, are you allowed to carry your weapons into the polling booth?

[ThaiFelix]

9 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Dr. Trump is back again! Just sad that the FDA haven´t agreed with him yet.

Probably still busy laughing about the ingestion of disinfectants and uv lights!

[DrTuner]

Plasma might work if it contains antibodies. There are better therapies on the way: https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/centivax-antibody-effective-in-reducing-covid-19-lung-damage-virus-levels-and-symptoms-as-both-therapeutic-and-preventative-in-healthy-and-immunocompromised-hamsters-confirmed-by-multiple-national-laboratories/

 

Trump did drop the ball on corona. Time to retire and go play golf permanently, old man.