29/06/2020

Global Media Outlets Publicise Plasma Donation of 4000 Recovering Members of Shincheonji Church



Beloved Readers,
Some of you have shown serious interest in the most recent report by Reuters that 4000 recovering congregation members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus in South Korea will donate the equivalent of $83 billion worth of plasma in order to help develop a global antibody treatment for COVID-19. Here is a full list of global media reports. Please continue to pray that a vaccine can be found as soon as possible.

Bangladesh
Dominican Republic 
https://www.dominicanrepublicnews.net/newsr/10336 (Dominican Republic News)

Fiji
https://bit.ly/2BGqaEx (Mailife)

India
https://www.hindustantimes.com/brand-post/4-000-recovered-covid-19-church-members-in-south-korea-declare-donation-of-83-billion-worth-of-plasma-for-cure/story-J7ezgVv4YoijjCx6G0z0YI.html (Hindustan Times)

Indonesia
https://bit.ly/31n9MUj (Radar Indonesia News)
https://bit.ly/2CBY5if (Jakarta Post)
https://bit.ly/2ZbPElg (Terkini News)

Nigeria


UK
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-church-hit-by-covid-19-says-members-to-give-plasma-for-research-idUKKBN23U1RD (Reuters)

Miscellaneous
(Religion News Service) https://religionnews.com/2020/06/26/shincheonji-members-who-survived-covid-19-volunteer-en-masse-to-aid-vaccine-development/
Atlantic Chronicles http://www.atlanticchronicles.com/2020/06/29/4000-recovered-covid-19-patients-to-donate-83-billion-worth-plasma-for-cure/?fbclid=IwAR2vw8fVxezHkdwRtGEpQrYooJ60A87nfHbQ9DK1SyxU4zssvkUHd0a0cYk

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Shincheonji Church has published its response to all allegations made during the COVID-19 pandemic:-



“This is our earnest request: please stop the cursing and hatred towards Shincheonji. And we ask some media outlets that are slandering and suppressing Shincheonji using unconfirmed information and fake news to stop immediately.”

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Global News Reports on Shincheonji Church (COVID-19)

Lies regarding the Coronavirus about Shincheonji 신천지 (03/03/2020)
Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Daum News 22/03/2020)

Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Naver 22/03/2020)

Shincheonji Church of Jesus in S. Korea Responds To What It Believes Are Erroneous Media Reports (Cision PR Newswire, 01/03/2020) ▶https://prn.to/3hDu3uo

"Shincheonji didn't lie about membership figures." (The Korea Herald 17/03/2020)

'Shincheonji members who survived COVID-19 volunteer en masse to aid vaccine development' (Religion News Service 26/06/2020)▶https://religionnews.com/2020/06/26/shincheonji-members-who-survived-covid-19-volunteer-en-masse-to-aid-vaccine-development/

South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Today Online 23/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/3dxDTup

South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Jakarta Post 24/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/2CBY5if

Official COVID-19 Response by Shincheonji Church of Jesus

•0307 Chairman Man Hee Lee asks "all congregants to fully cooperate for disease control" in a special announcement

•0302 Statement at Press Conference of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19

•0302 Regarding COVID-19 Testing of Chairman Lee, Man-hee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus

•0301 Letter of Appeal to Political Leaders

•0228 Letter of Appeal from Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19

•0226 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Provided a List of All Members to Public Health Authorities

•0223 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19

•0222 Over 1000 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Locations Disinfected and Closed Down in Korea

•0221 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Closed Down Its Churches and Affiliated Buildings from 18 Feb

•0220 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19 Countermeasures and Fake News

•0219 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

•0218 Notice on the Worship Service of Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19

COVID-19/Fact Checker: Q&A on Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

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9 comments:

  1. Andrew30 June 2020 at 16:04

    Wait... Is that USD$ ??
    You do realise that's over $20 million dollars per unit. That seems way too excessive. Is someone getting ripped off here?

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    1. Noah Brown1 July 2020 at 13:39

      Thanks for your message, Andrew. Yes - the total figure is $83 billion.
      In the US, the price of blood from someone who has recovered from COVID19 is $35-$40,000 per ml (depending on the amount of antibodies).
      So 4000 donations multiplied by 500ml per donation=2,000,000ml (2million) total in donations. At $35~$40,000 per ml, this comes to $70-80billion total.
      You can verify here: https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/money-for-blood-coronavirus-has-created-a-spike-in-the-plasma-market-as-researcher-demand-increases-report.html
      I hope that helps:)

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    2. Andrew2 July 2020 at 21:35

      Moved my reply here.

      Thanks for responding Noah. Something is not right here though. Who is making money off these samples? They're being donated aren't they?
      Also, it doesn't say per ml either, it says per sample (what is the quantity of a sample?). If you research a bit, about 40-45% plasma can be extracted from 600ml whole blood. So, let's say you also get 40-45% plasma from 500ml blood. At the top end that is 225ml.
      Let's do some calculations:
      225ml x 4000 = 900 000 ml
      900 000 x $40 000 = $36 000 000 000
      That's not even half. Now take into account that only a small percentage of plasma will be viable due to various reasons such as pre-existing conditions. Then that value slides down even more.

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    3. Noah Brown4 July 2020 at 18:38

      Thanks, Andrew. As you correctly think, no one is making money off of the contribution by 4000 church members. It's a donation to aid the global effort for a cure.

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  2. hhhhh30 June 2020 at 17:25

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  3. Anonymous30 June 2020 at 17:28

    It seem like misleading the reader, how could they justify the plasma worth so much per ml

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    1. Noah Brown1 July 2020 at 13:40

      Thanks for your response. The total figure is $83 billion.
      In the US, the price of blood from someone who has recovered from COVID19 is $35-$40,000 per ml (depending on the amount of antibodies).
      So 4000 donations multiplied by 500ml per donation=2,000,000ml (2million) total in donations. At $35~$40,000 per ml, this comes to $70-80billion total.
      You can verify here: https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/money-for-blood-coronavirus-has-created-a-spike-in-the-plasma-market-as-researcher-demand-increases-report.html

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  4. Andrew2 July 2020 at 21:34

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  5. Andrew6 July 2020 at 19:17

    That's my point exactly. No one is making money or would have made money from the donations, at least not in Korea. So there is no reason to attach a monetary value to this cause unless there is some ulterior message they want to convey.
    I know you're just a messenger, Noah,and I know you support Shincheonji as it has good values and wanting to make the world a place of everlasting peace, but some things don't sit right with this sort of boasting.

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