COVID-19 Survivors Who Work At CHOP Join Forces To Donate Plasma

Stephanie Stahl has the story.

COVID-19 SURVIVORS WHOWORK AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OFPHILADELPHIA ARE JOINING FORCETOES DONATE BLOOD PLASMA TOTREAT CURRENT PATIENTS.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL HAS THE UPDATE NEW FROMCHOP.HI THERE STEPHANIE.REPORTER: FORTUNATELY CHOPDOES NOT HAVE A LOT OFCOVID-19 PATIENTS.THE VIRUS ISN'T SO BAD FORMOST KIDS BUT FOR THE ONESDO GET REALLY SICK DOCTORS ATCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TELL MEDONATED PLASMA IS AMONG THEEXPERIMENTAL THERAPIST BEINGUSED THERE.PATIENT WAS SERIOUS CASES OFCOVID-19 AT CHILDREN'SHOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA AREGETTING EXPERIMENTALTREATMENTS, SIMILAR TO IS WHATBEING USED FOR ADULTS.WE ALWAYS HAVE TO EXTRAPROTECTIONS WHEN YOU DOEXPERIMENTAL THINGS ONCHILDREN.REPORTER: DOCTOR DAVIDTEACHY SAYS CHILDREN ARE NOTGETTING AS SICK AS WITHCOVID-19 AS SOME ADULTS ANDUNCLEAR WHY.EVEN THOSE WHO ARE VERYSICK WITH CANCER, INCHEMOTHERAPY OR THEY ARE STILLDOING VERY WELL WITH COVID-19.IT SURPRISED AS YOU LOT.REPORTER: AMONG TREATMENTSBEING TESTED AT CHOP, PLASMADONATED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVERECOVER.EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THEIRPART AND HELP OUT IF GIVEN THEOPPORTUNITY.REPORTER: CHUCKIES A NUMBEROF THE CHOP EMPLOYEES COVID-19SURVIVORS, WHO ARE DONATINGPLAZA.I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, ITIS A TEAM APPROACH ANDEVERYBODY TRYING TO HELP EACHOTHER OUT.REPORTER: CHUCK WAS FIRSTWAR BID HIS FAMILY.THEY ARE FINE.HE DESCRIBED A VARIETY OFBASICALLY MILD SYMPTOMS.THERE IS EARLY EVIDENCE THATPLASMA FROM SURVIVORS MIGHT BEA TREATMENT FOR COVID-19, EVENIN CHILDREN.WE'RE STATING IT FOR THESICKES OF THE SICK BECAUSE WEDON'T WANT TO GIVE TO IT THEMIF IT MAKES THEM WORSE.REPORTER: CHOP PATIENTS AREGETTING A VARIETY OFEXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS.WE ARE TAKING IT ON A CASEBY CASE BASIS.SIMILAR WITH PLASMA, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, ANTI VIRALS THEYALL GET TO WORK AND THEY ARECHILDREN WITH ALL THOSEDIFFERENT THERAPIES FORDIFFERENT REASONS.REPORTER: CHOP IS NOTPROVIDING ANY SPECIFICINFORMATION ON PATIENTS,EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COVID-19SURVIVORS ARE DONATING PLASMATHROUGH THE RED CROSS PROGRAM,AND AT THIS POINT IT GOES INTOA GENERALIZED BANK AND CANNOT