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Your blood type won’t have much effect on whether you catch COVID-19, or have a severe case of the disease, according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare a conclusion that contradicts earlier research.
“It’s wonderful to know your blood type,” Dr. Jeffrey L. Anderson, a physician at Intermountain Medical Center’s Heart Institute in Murray, said Thursday. “But knowing what your blood type is is not something that will protect you from COVID, or put you at higher risk.”
The researchers at Intermountain examined the outcomes of more than 100,000 patients who were tested for the coronavirus. Connections between specific blood types and the virus “are unlikely and will not be useful factors associated with disease susceptibility or severity,” the study concluded.
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Blood Type Doesn t Affect Your COVID Risk
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) A or B, AB or O, it doesn t matter your blood type has nothing to do with your risk of contracting severe COVID-19, a new study concludes.
Early in the pandemic, some reports suggested people with A-type blood were more susceptible to COVID, while those with O-type blood were less so.
But a review of nearly 108,000 patients in a three-state health network has found no link at all between blood type and COVID risk. Since the beginning of this pandemic, there have been associations postulated between blood type and disease susceptibility, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.