totheurgentpushfor a waytotreatthemostsevereCoronaviruspatientstonight.
Here.
DianeSawyerreportingShehas a firstlookinsideoneNewYorkhospital, wherethey'reworkingonanexperimentalprocedure, usingtheantibodiesfromthosewhohavealreadyrecoveredpotentiallyinpatientsstillfightingthis.
It's goingtotaketime.
Butthecountry's topinfectiousdiseaseexpert, DrAnthonyFauci, hasalreadyindicatedantibodiescouldbe a keypartofthisfight.
It's anexperimentaltreatmentandpossiblyhopeforthosehospitalizedbysevereillnessuntilbettertreatmentor a vaccineorwithinreach.
Am I right?
Theantibodiesof a recoveringpersoncanactuallysavethelifeofsomeoneiscriticallyill.
Thatistheconcept.
Andifyougivetheplasma a portionofthebloodthatcontainstheantibodiesfromsomeonerecoveringfromanillness, a viralillnesslikecovert 19 orEbola, itmayhelpthepatientovercomethedisease.
Already, thehospitalhasreceivedthousandsofofferstodonate, buttheytelluseverydonorhastohave a documentedpositivetestandbeatleast 21 daysfromtheirfirstsymptoms.
I thinkthatit's beautifulif, uh, ifpeoplewhoarerecoveringfromtheillnesscaninthespiritofdonationandhelpingothersthatsomeofthemwillhavethatcapacitybyhavingveryhighlevelsofimmunity.
Amongthosewhowroteinhis 31 yearoldlawyer, RichBerenberg, at a veryhighfeverherecoveredtwoweeksago.
Andif I havenoresistancetoit, thatcanthenbehelpedtosomebodywho's elderlyorsomeonewho's sick, I would.
I feelhonoredtodothatinanywaythat I can.
Andlatelastnighthesentus a videoofthemomenthegotnewsfromtheteamatMountSinai.