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EditorialEnrique Romero Jr. outside a plasma center, where he donates to supplement his income, in Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 7, 2022. (Jovelle Tamayo/The New York Times)
EditorialBrandon Connor, right, a phlebotomist, discussed the plasma donation process with Sheila Julich in Seattle, April 17, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialPavel Dashkevich donates plasma after recovering from COVID-19 in hopes that his antibodies can help other coronavirus patients, in Moscow, April 29, 2020. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialFreezers containing a half-million vials of plasma outside the lab of Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Feb. 13, 2021. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump watches Stephen Hahn, Food and Drugs commissioner, during a news conference announcing an emergency use authorization of a plasma treatment for COVID-19, at the White House in Washington, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump watches Stephen Hahn, Food and Drugs commissioner, during a news conference announcing an emergency use authorization of a plasma treatment for COVID-19, at the White House in Washington, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump and health officials announce the emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Stephen Hahn, who heads the Food and Drug Administration, looks on as President Donald Trump speaks about a blood plasma treatment for COVID-19 at a White House news conference on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Stephen M. Hahn, the FDA commissioner, during a press briefing in the White House on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/For The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar arrive during a news conference about the authorization of using convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients at the White House in Washington, Aug. 23, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times)
EditorialJavier Alvarez donates his plasma at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas on July 6, 2020, after his grandmother died from the coronavirus. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialSheila Julich, a nurse at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., donates her convalescent plasma at a blood bank in Seattle on April 17, 2020, after recovering from the coronavirus.?(Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion on donating plasma at the headquarters of the American Red Cross in Washington on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)