President Donald Trump announced a "very historic breakthrough" Sunday for a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The Trump administration granted authorization for the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a treatment, although it has already been used experimentally on 70,000 patients.
Some medical experts called Trump's announcement, revealed a day before the Republican National Convention, a "political stunt" that could lead to dangerous outcomes. But the president said it "has nothing to do with politics."
The hope is that infusions of antibody-rich plasma from recovered patients can aid the immune systems of the sick.
Dr. Len Horovitz, pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, warned that plasma "has not yet been shown to be effective in COVID-19."
Some significant developments this weekend:
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he is prepared to shut the country down as president if that were recommended by scientists. “I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists,” he told ABC News' David Muir on Friday in an interview set to air Sunday.
The House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday to prevent any further changes at the United States Postal Service and to provide $25 billion in funding ahead of an expected surge in mail-in ballots in the November election because of the ongoing pandemic.
📈 Today's numbers: The U.S. has nearly 5.7 million confirmed infections and more than 176,000 deaths. Worldwide, there have been more than 806,000 deaths and 23.3 million cases, according to John Hopkins University data.📰
What we're reading: Delivering millions of vaccine doses will be a daunting task, and the federal government wants a system ready by Nov. 1. Freezer farms and UPS are part of the plan.
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Donald Trump announces 'powerful' blood plasma treatment for COVID-19
A day before Republicans convene to nominate him for a second term, President Donald Trump spent Sunday promoting a potential treatment of COVID-19 using blood plasma. Trump called a news conference to announce his administration has granted emergency use authorization for treatment using blood plasma, though more than 70,000 patients have already received it on an experimental basis.
"This is a powerful therapy," Trump said, describing the authorization as "a very historic breakthrough."
Trump and aides cast the news as a major therapeutic breakthrough, though some medical analysts said it's already happening and that Trump's demands to rush up some kind of cure for COVID-19 could lead to dangerous treatments of some patients.
"President Trump, again, puts his political gains ahead of public health," said Benjamin Corb, public affairs director with the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Trump is expected to use this week's Republican Party convention to emphasize his administration's search for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus that has killed more than 176,000 Americans and gutted the U.S. economy. The convention, which will be online because of the spread of COVID-19, opens Monday.
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Joe Biden has not been tested for COVID-19, campaign says
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has not been tested for the coronavirus though he is confident he could not have been infected, his campaign said Sunday.
"He has not been tested," Kate Bedingfield, deputy Biden campaign manager, said on ABC News "This Week." She added that "moving forward should he need to be tested, he certainly would be. But he has not been tested yet."
Bedingfield said Biden, 77, has followed the "strictest protocols" to prevent exposure to the virus and was therefore confident he had not been infected. She said everyone is around Biden "is undergoing the appropriate testing."
"He has not had the virus," she said.
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