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Bonspiel physicians to donate plasma as part of clinical trial for possible COVID-19 treatment

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A Calgary doctor is organizing plasma donations from a group of health-care workers who contracted COVID-19 after attending a bonspiel in Edmonton last month.

Dr. Kelly Burak, an epidemiologist and associate dean at the University of Calgary’s School of Medicine, participated in the bonspiel and said the majority of the 73 curlers plan to donate their plasma as part of a clinical trial organized by the Canadian Blood Services.

The bonspiel initially attracted attention because it was one of the first outbreaks in the province and the participants were primarily physicians.

At one point, 22 out of the 47 Alberta health-care workers who attended tested positive for the virus; on Friday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said 40 out of the 73 participants

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