• Protesters interrupted a media briefing from Gov. Ron DeSantis in Orlando on Monday. DeSantis was at OneBlood to talk about the use of convalescent plasma as a COVID-19 therapy.
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• Health leaders are cautiously optimistic that the peak of the pandemic for Florida may have passed. 90.7’s health reporter Abe Aboraya joins Intersection to talk about how one Central Florida hospital system has handled hundreds of COVID-19 cases- including new therapies they’re using to try and treat the disease.
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• Last week, Michael Kevin Rathel got a transfusion of convalescent plasma: a blood donation from someone who has recovered from COVID-19. A week after the plasma, he got discharged out of Orlando Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit to a regular unit.
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• Last week, Michael Kevin Rathel was walking up the stairs and couldn’t catch his breath. Three days later, the 52-year-old Orlando lawyer was put on a ventilator.This week, he got a transfusion of what’s called convalescent plasma – a blood donation from someone who has recovered from COVID-19 and has natural anitibodies. 90.7 Health Reporter Abe Aboraya spoke with his wife Stacie Rathel.
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• Orlando area patients are starting to get treated for COVID-19 with the blood of patients who have recovered.
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