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Why Scientists Are Wary of the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization of Plasma for Covid-19
On Sunday evening, President Donald Trump announced news that his administration had earlier advertised as a “breakthrough” development in the ongoing pandemic: The Food and Drug Administration would issue an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma donated from covid-19 survivors as a treatment for hospitalized covid-19 patients. But though scientists and doctors are genuinely hopeful…