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#IndiaFightsCorona This was not a fluke or guess work. Studied up on Convalescent Plasma Therapy used in #Ebola and then understood some mechanisms and preconditions for it to work. But @WHO validating this when China tried, a bit too early made to track this closely https://twitter.com/surnell/status/1255192103610494976
#IndiaFightsCorona This #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy balloon theory of @WHO continued to float (As always China may not have revealed Reinfections) until reinfections were reported from South Korea and Japan (it was reported India had one case too, Maybe more)
#IndiaFightsCorona Logically based on Ebola experiment #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy for treatment #Covid19 was a bit premature to call, as an effective method. Their logic was dangerous, in the absence of an option we will give it a shot on serious cases. Seriously???
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy Our logical mind just asked "If the person who is cured can get reinfected, it meant
- Antibodies are not present in adequate numbers or even absent
- Virus has become more potent
- If it cannot protect donor, how can donee be?
- Antibodies are not present in adequate numbers or even absent
- Virus has become more potent
- If it cannot protect donor, how can donee be?
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy That is when I put out this tweet on April 22nd - The purpose was something else, But I did challenge the efficacy and also said it is risky https://twitter.com/surnell/status/1252875806876950529
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy By then even @WHO had taken a U-Turn. Which I tweeted on 27th April. And #Media some state Governments were in a hurry to tweet with #TablighiHeroes which potentially endangered the Donees for sure. https://twitter.com/surnell/status/1254786413347758081
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy By then I knew my suspicions were valid when @WHO took this U-Turn.
By then some states in India (and many other countries too) went ahead with this dangerous experiment - the risks will be known in days to come
By then some states in India (and many other countries too) went ahead with this dangerous experiment - the risks will be known in days to come
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy From what I read further, the risks and the process is in this piece in India Today dt 20th April 2020
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/what-is-convalescent-plasma-therapy-possible-treatment-coronavirus-covid-19-1669050-2020-04-20
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https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/what-is-convalescent-plasma-therapy-possible-treatment-coronavirus-covid-19-1669050-2020-04-20
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#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy Hope autopsy has been performed to ascertain if it was due to the therapy
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy Adding my newer tweets to the thread https://twitter.com/surnell/status/1284577253385330688
#IndiaFightsCorona #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy was an attempt to normalise a particular community's contribution to the spread of the pademic. Saw an attempt made by @thenewsminute a couple of days back too. Migrants beating taboo nonsense. LOL https://twitter.com/surnell/status/1291450328982855681
