How blood type may affect your coronavirus risk.
Recent studies have suggested that people's blood types may affect their risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus or developing a serious case of the disease. Overall, the findings indicate that people with Type O blood seem to be more protected and that those with Type A appear more vulnerable.
Not so fast, say doctors who point out that the findings show associations, not causation — and don't indicate that any particularWhile the findings may catch the public's attention at a time when people fatigued by the pandemic are looking for signs of hope, doctors say the results are more relevant to researchers trying to better understand the virus.
Everybody should practice exactly the same way, whatever your blood type is, in terms of appropriate masking and social distancing.
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