DOCTORS THIS PHILADELPHIA
ARE CLOSER TO FINDING A
POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR
COVID-19.
WE HAVE BEEN TELLING BUT
THERAPIST THAT INVOLVE BLOOD
DONATION FROM HIS CORONAVIRUS
SURVIVORS.
HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIE
STAHL TALK TO THE FIRST DONOR
AT JEFFERSON HEALTH,
STEPHANIE.
REPORTER: EVERY DAY NEW
SURVIVORS ARE EMERGING FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK,
PEOPLE WHO RECOVER HAVE
SPECIAL ANTIBODIES IN THEIR
BLOOD THAT COULD HELP NEW
PATIENTS AND THE HOPE IS THAT
EVENTUALLY BECOME A TREATMENT.
RICHIE WELLS IS FIRST
CORONAVIRUS SURVIVOR TO DONATE
BLOOD PLASMA AT JEFFERSON
HEALTH WHERE IT WILL BE USED
TO TREAT CONCERN PATIENTS AS
PART OF THE CLINICAL TRIAL.
IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A
TREATMENT THAT IS FANTASTIC.
REPORTER: RICHARD AND HIS
WIFE LIVING ON THE MAIN LINE
DENT NECESSITY WHERE THEY
CONTRACTED COVID-19.
VERY, VERY ILL FOR A GOOD
SOLID WEEK, LOW GRADE FEVER,
AND BODY ACHES, TREMENDOUS
ACHE.
REPORTER: ONCE RECOVERED
WITH THE NEGATIVE TEST THEY
WERE EAG TORE HELP OTHERS.
MAP OUR WAY OUT OF THIS
THING REPORT REPORT DOCTORS
SAY IS THERE PRELIMINARY
EVIDENCE THAT THE TREATMENT
WITH PLASMA COULD HELP
COVID-19 PATIENTS RECOVER.
THEORY IS PLASMA SHOULD
HAVE ANTIBODIES THAT ARE
READY, ABLE TO TIGHT COVID-19
INFECTION, SO THAT PATIENT
CURRENTLY SICK WILL GET A
BOOST BY GETTING ANTIBODIES
FROM THE PLASMA THEY RECEIVE.
REPORTER: DOCTOR CHRIST
TEEN RISING IS LEADING TRIAL
AT JEFFERSON.
THIS HAS BEEN A SUPER
EXCITED STORY.
I'M A EMERGENCY MEDICINE
PHYSICIAN SO TREATING PEOPLE
ON THE FRONT LINE AND SEEING
TROUBLES THEY ARE HAVING AND
FEELING LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY
GREAT TREATMENT OR WE HAVE NOT
HAD ANY GREAT TREATMENT BESIDE
SUPPORTIVE CARE, OPPORTUNITIES
TO WORK ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS
ARE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
DOCTORS AND NURSES ON THE
FRONT LINES ARE PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THERE IN A BIG
WAY AND I CAN DO ANYTHING TO
HELP THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH
IT.
REPORTER: JEFFERSON IS
LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS
LIKE RICHARD TO DONATE PLASMA.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM
COVID-19 AND HAD A NEGATIVE
TEST.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, AND
