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KNOW HOW OR WHERE THEY WERE EXPOSED. STEVE: MORE IOWANS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 ARE GETTING PLASMA FROM RECOVERED PATIENTS. ON WEDNESDAY, LAURA REPORTED ON TREATMENT DOCTORS ARE JUST SINCE THAT STORY AIRED, LAURA HAS LEARNED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW SIGNING UP TO DONATE PLASMA. >> I CAME IN TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE PLASMA. REPORTER: HE HAS RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 AND ONE OF THE FIRST TO DONATE HIS PLASMA. HE IS HOPING TO HELP THE SICKEST OF COVID-19 PATIENTS. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE ON RESPIRATORS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBILITY TO HELP THEM, IF I CAN DO IT, WHY NOT. REPORTER: 60 MORE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DONATING. DOCTORS ARE HOPING THE ANTIBODIES IN THEIR CONVALESCENT PLASMA WILL BE LIFE SAVING. THE NEED IS CRITICAL. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SEVEN AREA HOSPITALS HAVE SENT REQUESTS FOR PLAMA TO LIFE SERVE. >> WE WANT IT ON THE SHELF AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. REPORTER: THOSE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED THANKS TO WILLING DONORS AND THIS MAN WHO DIDN'T WANT US TO USE HIS NAME. DOCTORS PERFORMED THE FIRST LOCAL PLASMA TRANSFUSION LAST WEEK AND PLANNING ON THREE MORE. ONE PERSON'S PLASMA CAN HELP FOUR DIFFERENT PATIENTS. YOU CAN DONATE PLASMA EVERY 28 DAYS. SO IF YOU HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 AND YOU MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA CALL LIFESERVE TO DON