Trump announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as covid-19 treatment

BATTLE FOR WORLD | August 24, 2020: President Trump has announced the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19, a treatment that already has been given to more than 70,000 patients, according to experts familiar with the therapy.

The White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany in a tweet said: “a major therapeutic breakthrough on the China virus.” – The treatment is convalescent plasma, and several scientists and physicians believe that the therapy might provide some benefit but is far from a breakthrough. It is rich in antibodies proved to be helpful in fighting the coronavirus, and is being used in China, Russia and other countries.

On CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday (August 23), former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the blood product was already widely available, so the change would be “incremental.” But if it’s as Mr. Gottlieb said to be widely available, emergency authorization by the president would not have been necessary. Is Mr. Gottlieb fibbing? Because Dr. Anthony Fauci does not support convalescent plasma therapy or usage of hydroxychloroquine and because of this, stumbling blocks were put in the way to discourage doctors from using them.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is not interested in having US doctors use hydroxychloroquine or blood plasma antibodies because they are not treatments under patents. The US President authorizing convalescent plasma with an executive order is overriding Dr. Fauci’s recommendations. And what that says is, Big Pharma corporate interest that Fauci represents and the White House are at war.

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