NBC News.Lukus Estok, a 36-year-old New York City resident and coronavirus survivor, went to Mount Sinai hospital system's blood plasma therapy program to donate his blood plasma as someone who had recently recovered from COVID-19.
He hoped the antibodies in his blood could possibly be used to help seriously ill coronavirus patients.But even though several screening processes informed him that the high level of antibodies in his blood made him an ideal donor, he was turned away when he arrived.