Two new studies suggest that blood type might not matter when it comes to the severity of one’s COVID-19 risk, despite earlier research that showed those with Type A blood might be more at risk.
What’s new?
- Studies from Massachusetts General Hospital and the other at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York didn’t find any connection between those with Type A blood having higher odds of getting COVID-19, according to The New York Times.
- However, those with Type O are reportedly less likely to be infected, according to The New York Times.
- But the impact is small. Researchers said you shouldn’t count on it.
- Nicholas Tatonetti, a data scientist at Columbia University, told The New York Times: “No one should think they’re protected.”
- Researchers found those with Type A blood had a somewhat lower risk of going on ventilators. Those with Type AB were at higher risk. But the scientists said there were few patients with that blood type in the study.
But what about earlier research?
- Earlier this month, a genetic analysis of patients with COVID-19 found certain blood types might have been more immune than others, as I wrote about for Deseret.com.
- The scientists reviewed genes from thousands of coronavirus patients.
- Type A patients were more likely to have a severe reaction the disease, according to that analysis. Type O patients were less likely.
- “Our genetic data confirm that blood group O is associated with a risk of acquiring COVID-19 that was lower than that in non-O blood groups, whereas blood group A was associated with a higher risk than non-A blood groups,” researchers concluded.
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