On June 30, 2020, ARRL—the National Association for Amateur
Radio—announced:
Well-known contester, DXer, and National Contest Journal (NCJ) Editor
Scott Wright, K0MD, has been “substantially” stepping back from ham
radio while offering his expertise to the US convalescent plasma
COVID-19 Expanded Access Program.
The study began in early April under the leadership of Dr. Michael
Joyner, MD, of the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Peter Marks, MD, PhD and Dr.
Nicole Verdun, MD, of the US Food and Drug Administration; Dr. Arturo
Casavedall, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University, and Wright, who is
with the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Marks is AB3XC.