People with blood type O may have lower risk of Covid-19 infection and severe illness
Source: CNN
(CNN)People with blood type O may be less vulnerable to Covid-19 and have a reduced likelihood of getting severely ill, according to two studies published Wednesday. Experts say more research is needed.
The research provides further evidence that blood type (also known as blood group) may play a role in a person's susceptibility to infection and their chance of having a severe bout of the disease. The reasons for this link aren't clear and more research is needed to say what implications, if any, it has for patients.
A Danish study found that among 473,654 people who were tested for Covid-19, only 38.4% with blood type O tested positive -- even though, among a group of 2.2 million people who were not tested, that blood type made up 41.7% of the population.
In the other study, researchers in Canada found that among 95 patients critically ill with Covid-19, a higher proportion with blood type A or AB -- 84% -- required mechanical ventilation compared with patients with blood group O or B, which was 61%.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/health/blood-group-covid-19-scn-wellness/index.html
Joe Nation
(963 posts)win-win
StClone
(11,684 posts)To reveal a big "O" and a cape.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)three weeks ago. I am a type-O.
It was reluctance on my part as much as it was a change in the rules that let me donate again.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I'm O+ and not terribly excited about this news.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)I am an O neg with a long history of donating. I am hoping that changing the oil every month may help keep me safe - didn't say it would, but I can hope, can't I?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Still, being a type O, I'll take it.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)PerceptionManagement
(464 posts)stopdiggin
(11,316 posts)the two percentages are (seemingly) from completely unrelated data sets.
this is why I shudder when the news media tries to "write" science
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)I wish it were clearer.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)38.4 % of positive tests were type O
AND
41.7% of the population is type O
So that is their link; namely the two percentages differ to a significant degree, which you wouldn't expect if blood type had no impact.
stopdiggin
(11,316 posts)(and I'm still not at all sure) that is a fairly small difference to be hanging a story on, wouldn't you agree?
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)mosquitos.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Im a B+ and am a mosquito magnet. I can be sitting outside with a group and be the only one bitten.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Luciferous
(6,081 posts)Bev54
(10,053 posts)I am type O and pretty happy about it.
Lonestarblue
(10,011 posts)Im in the A/AB group.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)But may be at higher risk for other health reasons. But at less risk because Im now working from home and might have gotten the Pfizer vaccine. So I dont know. Ill continue to be cautious.
ananda
(28,866 posts)I also follow the blood type diet religiously,
and use their supplements. So far so good.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)I guess that is a good thing with the Drumph Bug going around.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)I'm not even thinking about letting down my guard and acting as if coronavirus didn't exist. I'm still staying home, wearing a mask, keeping 6 ft. apart from others, and washing my hands as if I had OCD.
mecherosegarden
(745 posts)And COVID almost killed me several months ago. Got a nice scar on one of my lungs courtesy of the pneumonia. That "thing" did not care about my blood type.
pfitz59
(10,381 posts)and tested negative earlier this week.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I guess I'm good?
duhneece
(4,113 posts)"...Scientists have claimed that a strand of DNA that triples the risk of developing severe Covid-19 was passed on from Neanderthals to modern humans. The genetic endowment, a legacy from more than 50,000 years ago, has left about 16% of Europeans and half of south Asians today carrying ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/30/neanderthal-genes-increase-risk-of-serious-covid-19-study-claims
ancianita
(36,081 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Not about to let my guard down, though. Masks and social distancing all the way.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)through multiple tests.
I know, it's anecdotal.