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Pence Encourages Recovered Coronavirus Patients to Donate Blood

Steve Herman

   ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA - During a tour of one of the country's premier
   medical facilities, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday made a
   pitch to the 100,000 Americans who have recovered from COVID-19 to
   contribute blood plasma to potentially help coronavirus patients.

   "Some of the doctors are saying that some people that have received the
   plasma therapy have recovered on respirators more quickly," said Pence
   at the Mayo Clinic. "We're encouraging people across the country if
   you've recovered from the coronavirus" to donate blood if free of the
   virus for more than 14 days.

   Doctors at the hospital and research center told the vice president
   that while there are encouraging reports about plasma therapy for
   coronavirus patients, as of yet, there are no conclusive studies.

   Pence, shortly after arriving at the facility, greeted Dennis Nelson, a
   Mayo Clinic health care technology management project coordinator, who
   was diagnosed, along with his wife, with COVID-19 at the end of March.

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