A Cure in Survivors' Blood?
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
There’s a sliver of hope for people very ill with Covid-19. It’s a bold new treatment that involves taking the blood plasma of people who have recovered from the disease, and injecting it into people who are very sick.
The secret is in the antibodies: a protein that is produced when someone’s immune system has fought the virus. But using antibodies to treat the sick is more complicated than just transferring them from one person to another. Jason Gale reports on what researchers are doing to sift through the many antibodies out there, and find the right ones to help people recover from being infected.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you looking for a new podcast about stuff related to money? |
| 0:05.3 | Well, today's your lucky day. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Matt Levine. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Katie Greifeld. |
| 0:09.5 | And we are the hosts of Money Stuff, The Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Every Friday, we dive into the top stories about Wall Street, finance, and other stuff. |
| 0:17.9 | We have fun. We get weird, and we want you to join us. You can listen to |
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| 0:27.0 | Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 37 since coronavirus was declared a global |
| 0:44.4 | pandemic. Our main story? People who have recovered from COVID-19 may be able to help others who |
| 0:52.3 | have the illness in a bold new way. |
| 0:55.0 | They can donate their blood plasma to have it injected directly into patients. |
| 1:00.0 | But researchers first have to figure out exactly how to harness antibodies, |
| 1:05.9 | those magical proteins in the blood of recovered patients. |
| 1:10.7 | But first, here's what happened today. |
| 1:18.6 | Just a few days after President Donald Trump insisted he had absolute authority to reopen the economy. |
| 1:25.6 | He issued guidelines that put the onus on governors |
| 1:29.0 | and businesses to make the tough calls. Trump released a brief document that suggested what |
| 1:35.4 | states should consider as they decide whether to relax stay-at-home orders or other |
| 1:40.7 | virus containment measures. But the difficult decisions were largely left to state houses. |
| 1:48.0 | The President set no deadlines, demanded no particular action, and offered little federal assistance. |
| 1:55.0 | Included in the guidelines is the instruction that states should plan to independently secure protective gear |
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