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Could Your ABO Blood Group Save You From CoVid19?

from Dr. Howard Smith OnCall · host Howard G. Smith MD, AM

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/qocFgfKcPIc   If you’re one of the 44% with type O blood, you are significantly less likely to become seriously infected with coronavirus.  If you have type A blood, you are much more likely to contract it.   Chinese investigators studied infected persons in Wuhan and in Shenzhen.  Type O persons had a 33% lower infection risk.   Type A persons had a 21% higher infection risk. The AB group fared a bit worse than the A group, but the B group had no greater risk or benefit.   You can’t change your blood group, but you can avoid infection.  Those with A or AB groups should be even more obsessive about avoiding exposures.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.11.20031096v1.full.pdf   #covid19 #coronavirus #abogroups #bloodgroups

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