Fact Check- Is Red Cross accepting plasma from people vaccinated against COVID-19?

Reuters ^ | May 2021 | Reuters Fact Check

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Actually there is a rattlesnake venom vaccine for dogs.

Also there is some research looking into snake venom’s possible role against the CCP virus.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210114/A-snake-venom-enzyme-shows-anti-SARS-CoV-2-activity-in-vitro.aspx

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https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/coronavirus—covid-19—and-blood-donation.html

“COVID-19 Vaccine and Convalescent Plasma Donor Eligibility Information

The Red Cross discontinued dedicated COVID-19 convalescent plasma donations on March 26 due to declining hospital demand and sufficient industry supply.

The FDA revised its convalescent plasma donor eligibility guidance on February 11 specifically to ensure that convalescent plasma donors have sufficient levels of antibodies as a result of their illness or immune response to a COVID-19 infection versus just the vaccine. The FDA allows people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine to donate dedicated COVID-19 convalescent plasma within six months of their infection of the virus.

While the Red Cross is no longer collecting dedicated convalescent plasma donations, the Red Cross tests all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Plasma from routine blood and platelet donations that test positive for high-levels of antibodies, and meets other requirements, may be used as convalescent plasma to meet potential future needs of COVID-19 patients.

One of the Red Cross requirements for plasma from routine blood and platelet donations that test positive for high-levels of antibodies to be used as convalescent plasma is that it must be from a donor that has not received a COVID-19 vaccine. This is to ensure that antibodies collected from donors have sufficient antibodies directly related to their immune response to a COVID-19 infection and not just the vaccine, as antibodies from an infection and antibodies from a vaccine are not the same.”