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Some good news about Covid-19

posted 4 years ago by AmeriGirl26 (12249)
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Recent studies have revealed that people with Type O blood have a higher resistance to the disease, possibly are even immune. (My dad, brother, and I are all O+, and mom is O-, yay!)

More good news, survivors of the disease can donate their blood to hospitals, who can then extract the plasma where the antibodies are, and use them to cure patients with compatible blood that are still suffering the disease.

Sadly, the same study showed that people with Type A blood are the most susceptible to Covid-19, but fear not. If you're young, healthy, and take all the precautions everyone else is doing, such as masks, social distancing, washing your hands, and avoiding crowded places, your chances of catching the disease are still low, regardless of blood type.

[–] 102000 (6127) 4 years ago

Actually from what I've read, the type A blood type is not the most susceptible, it is type B, but type O does seem to have a lower death rate than the other types. Type A has a larger % of deaths but also is present in a larger % of the population.

Type O - found in 44% of the population - 18% of deaths
Type A - found in 42% of the population - 45% of deaths
Type B - found in 10% of the population - 29% of deaths
Type AB - found in 4% of the population - 8% of deaths.

However, this type of study is nothing new. They have been looking at the correlation between blood type and diseases for years. I have a rare blood type and have been following these studies for years. I'm A negative, and I never get sick and have a really strong immune system.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

It's great news for me, as I have type O blood, and it's horrible news for a close friend.

He's got a ton of risk factors, including all the most dangerous pre-existing conditions and an immune system that's no good at fighting off respiratory infections, AND type A blood. He's unemployed and living with a relative, and doesn't dare go out to look for work, and things are getting tense in that house. It's a bad situation and there isn't anything I can do to make it significantly better.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Well if it's any consolation I have type A+ blood and a bunch of risk factors and I got the coronavirus and it got into my lungs which are damaged and I survived it at home on my own.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

I'm very glad to know you're okay, and that things can turn out that well, but my unemployed friend really doesn't want to take a chance on having the same outcome.

Frankly, for a person with his medical history, getting infected carries an unacceptably high risk of dying or spending weeks in an ICU. I can't disagree.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Even though I only had a mild to moderate dose I would definitely say based on my experience that it's a dangerous virus and best avoided if possible. Having said that the media hysteria has given many people the impression that contracting the infection is virtually a death sentence which it most definitely is not.

[–] Artisan (3464) 4 years ago

I have been reading about the after effects of CoVid and they think that it might have effects on the neural system as well as the heart, previously they thought it would just scar the lungs but they are finding out that the lung damage it causes can usually be reversed over time.

They are still learning about it all but as I am O positive it is at least some good news, until they discover the opposite lol.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12249) 4 years ago

Yeah, I've been hearing about some after-effects of this disease, including brain damage that might go undetected for a time. I also find the subject of asymptomatic people interesting. It seems a lot of people can get the disease without knowing it, because their immune systems fight it off before they can have symptoms, but they run the risk of infecting others like an unknowing Typhoid Mary. So it's both a good and bad thing all at once.

[–] Artisan (3464) 4 years ago

We had a tv reporter down here who was asymptomatic that was at the start of the CoVid outbreak here. I read about Typhoid Mary a few weeks ago in regards to be people being asymptomatic. They think she was born with typhus as her mother had which probably made her immune to it.

I think due to the era, she spread it more than she probably would have now as she said she never washed her hands even though she worked as a cook! In the end they quarantined her till the end of her life as she refused to stop working as a cook.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12249) 4 years ago

Sorry to hear about the outbreak in your town.

It's a very sad story, and also, you keep wanting to smack Mary for being such a stubborn idiot.

[–] davodikum (5968) 4 years ago

I don't even know what blood type I am. I should get on that.