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How COVID Plasma Treatment Works And How College Students Impact Virus Spread

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Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University and an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center, joined WBUR's Morning Edition. He discussed Trump's announcement of the FDA's emergency authorization of a "breakthrough" coronavirus treatment and how college students returning to the Boston area could affect Massachusetts' control of community spread.

This segment aired on August 24, 2020.

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