2024 | At present there is no approved evidence base for the use of this treatment and no real clarity as to which of those with Long COVID would benefit from the treatment
Apheresis refers to the process of separating the cellular and soluble components of blood using a machine.
Summary:
- Long Covid and Apheresis: A Miracle Cure Sold on a Hypothesis of Hope
- Boris Johnson’s empty promises and lifting of Covid restrictions defied evidence and logic
- SARS-CoV-2 never went away and is now sending people to hospitals
- Experts call for plain language communication to counter false beliefs
- Challenges in delivering vaccines to poor countries and increasing vaccine uptake
- Collective inability to deliver vaccines and increase vaccine uptake is a major reason why Covid is still troubling us
- It’s easy to downplay the effects of Covid if you’ve never experienced it
- Many people living with long Covid are desperate for a return to “normal” and turning to unproven experimental treatments
2024 | At present there is no approved evidence base for the use of this treatment and no real clarity as to which of those with Long COVID would benefit from the treatment.
Dr. Funmi Okunola MD
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BMJ 2022;378:o1733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1733
Published: 14 July 2022
