light at the end of the tunnel!
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/04/02/2004168117
PNAS: Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of USA
"Outcome of patients treated with CP (Convalescent Plasma) (Col as compared to a recent historic control group.
A historic control group was formed by random selection of 10 patients from the cohort treated in the same hospitals and matched by age, gender, and severity of the diseases to the 10 cases in our trial. Baseline characteristics of patients between CP treatment group and control group showed no significant differences, while clinical outcomes of these two groups were different: three cases discharged while seven cases in much improved status and ready for discharge in CP group, as compared to three deaths, six cases in stabilized status, and one case in improvement in the control group (P < 0.001; SI Appendix, Table S1)."
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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...-york-may-be-coronavirus-gamechanger-n1178436
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