Spectrum starts plasma therapy for COVID-19, but donors needed

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A treatment that has been used to fight other viruses like H1N1 influenza is now being used on patients critically ill with COVID-19 in West Michigan.

Plasma from people who have fully recovered from COVID-19 is rich with antibodies that doctors are hopeful can help those who are still sick.

“It is a really small thing that we can do and it can have huge impact,” Spectrum Health Infectious disease specialist Dr. Gordana Simeunovic said. “We will go through all these difficult times if we are working together and we try to help each other.”

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