{"id":1319397,"date":"2020-04-11T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=476559"},"modified":"2020-04-12T17:51:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T23:51:35","slug":"plasma-from-recovered-vail-valley-covid-19-patients-needed-to-help-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/plasma-from-recovered-vail-valley-covid-19-patients-needed-to-help-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Plasma from recovered Vail Valley COVID-19 patients needed to help victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vail Valley residents are coordinating local efforts to begin collecting convalescent plasma as part of a program to help COVID-19 patients. If you have recovered from COVID-19 and have shown no symptoms for two weeks, you might be eligible to donate plasma. Email covid19vail@gmail.com to get started. In this photo, Dwight Everett from Camarillo, California donates convalescent plasma at Vitalant’s Blood Donation Center in Ventura, California.<\/strong>
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If you recovered from COVID-19, doctors might want your blood plasma to help those still suffering.<\/p>\n

Vitalant, the nation\u2019s second-largest independent blood provider, on Wednesday began collecting \u201cconvalescent plasma\u201d donations from recovered COVID-19 patients in Ventura, California. Vitalant works with nearly 1,000 hospitals across 40 states and hopes to scale up the effort.<\/p>\n

Vail Valley resident Dr. Nadine Lober and Dr. Alma Juels, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, are helping coordinate efforts to collect plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients in the Vail Valley.<\/p>\n

Plasma is rich in antibodies that may help COVID-19 sufferers fight off the virus, but it is an experimental treatment, Lober explained.<\/p>\n

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