Trump’s Sunday Presser Forces Hand of Ohio’s Dept of Health and Governor DeWine

August 24, 2020 Jack Windsor 

President Donald J. Trump announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma as a therapeutic treatment in COVID patients Sunday.  Convalescent plasma is the liquid part of the blood that contains COVID antibodies. Convalescent plasma given to COVID patients during research conducted since April by the Mayo Clinic has resulted in a 35% decrease in the incidence of death in the patients receiving the plasma, according to FDA Director Stephen Hahn.

The announcement is significant in Ohio where Republican Governor Mike DeWine has hinted for months at his hesitation to allow Ohioans to return to normal life until there is a vaccine.

The Ohio Star reached out to Governor DeWine’s team immediately following President Trump’s Sunday news conference.

Governor DeWine through his Press Secretary Dan Tierney said, “the Ohio Department of Health is reviewing today’s announcement. To clarify, the Governor has previously stated that we are in the current phase of the pandemic response and are living with the virus until we have a vaccine OR another effective treatment.”.........To Read More....