President Trump: "The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA)--and that& #39;s such a powerful term--for a treatment known as convalescent plasma."

As @weijia reported last week, Dr. Collins, Dr. Fauci & others at NIH warned FDA Commissioner Hahn against approving the EUA

Dr. Hahn on convalescent plasma EUA: "There was a 35% improvement in survival...We& #39;re waiting for more data, we& #39;re gonna continue to gather data, but this clearly meets the criteria that we& #39;ve established for emergency use authorization and we& #39;re very pleased with these results."

Important note: as Dr. Hahn said, the FDA is continuing to gather data--randomized clinical trials have not yet definitively proven the efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma.

It& #39;s not immediately clear where the 35% figure comes from.

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