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Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?

Donald Trump says allowing the emergency use of blood plasma therapy for coronavirus patients will save 鈥渃ountless lives鈥� and is 鈥減roven to reduce mortality by 35%鈥�. We look at the evidence.

(Blood plasma donated by patients who recovered from Covid-19. Credit: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)

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