Posted on 04/23/2020 10:40:14 AM PDT by ransomnote
Several weeks ago my son (same son for whom you guys were praying) asked me about his dad’s blood type. It’s O. Son said he read that O blood type was not as likely to contract the virus.
Thirty-seven percent of the U.S. population has type O blood.
“O positive is the most common blood type present in 37 percent of the U.S. population. Blood types vary by ethnic group, with more Hispanic people possessing O blood type, while Asian people are more likely to be type B. Meanwhile, the universal red cell donor has type O negative blood type.
The following data is from China re: infection by blood type. Newsweak article:
“A person’s blood type could affect how vulnerable they are to developing COVID-19the disease caused by the new coronavirusscientists believe.
The researchers arrived at this conclusion after studying the blood samples of 2,173 patients with COVID-19 in three hospitals in the Chinese cities of Shenzhen, and Wuhan, where the outbreak is thought to have started late last year. They compared this information with recent blood group surveys on 3,694 healthy people in Wuhan, and 23,386 in Shenzhen.
The findings were presented on the pre-print site medRxiv, a website where health researchers can publish studies before they have gone through the rigorous peer review process required by scientific journals. Publishing pre-prints enables scientists to present their initial findings on a topic and spark debate with fellow experts, and is particularly useful in a fast-moving situation like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Of the 3,694 people in Wuhan without COVID-19, 32.16 percent were A type, 24.90 percent B, 9.10 percent AB, and 33.84 percent O.
However, in the 1,775 COVID-19 patients at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, the spread was 37.75 percent for type A, 26.42 percent B, 10.03 percent for AB and 25.80 percent O.
In Shenzhen, 28.77 percent of healthy participants were A; 25.14 percent B, 7.32 percent AB, and 38.77 percent O.
Of the 285 Shenzhen patients with the disease, 28.77 percent were A, 29.12 percent B, 13.68 percent AB, and 28.42 percent O.
A further 113 and 285 COVID-19 patients were monitored in Wuhan and Shenzhen, respectively. “Similar... distribution pattern was observed in 398 patients from another two hospitals in Wuhan and Shenzhen,” the team said.
Taking the data as a whole, the researchers concluded that “blood group A had a significantly higher risk for COVID-19” when compared with non-A blood groups. Those in the O group, meanwhile, “had a significantly lower risk for the infectious disease.”
https://www.newsweek.com/blood-type-coronavirus-covid-19-1492890
Interesting possibilities re: treatment with plasma/blood. Plasma donations from previously infected persons have been mentioned as a possible treatment for the virus. Would there be additional advantages to this treatment if the previously infected person is type O?
Welcome aboard from a confirmed landlubber!
Although IV bleach and Lysol are verboten, IV hydrogen peroxide is a thing. Don't try it a home, though. Among other challenges, store-bought peroxide has some sort of stabilizer in it that makes it unfit for internal use.
So what you're saying is, eat more tide pods?
Wonderful! Welcome! And post moar!
When? ...if ever?
That's all I ever got till today.
It actually let me get to the part of entering my bank info.
Keep trying
The study found that the estimated level of novel coronavirus penetration in the county was 50-80% higher than what had been recorded.
The testing in LA and Santa Clara county didn't find that infections were 50-80% higher...they're 50-80 TIMES higher. That means the virus is much more widespread in the population than expected and much, much LESS lethal than expected. The vast majority of folks who caught the infection didn't even know it and just shrugged it off!
Still waiting. No arrests, no bright light, new, even more draconian restrictions.
“Jared Kushner. Hes a favorite scapegoat for many knee jerk Freepers”
He may be a great guy but he’s an unabashed liberal. He seems to rein Mr. Trump in, which means going against his instincts, which are pretty good.
Good question. From the angle it would have to be someone at or near the front of the room and someone who was very interested in recording her reaction to President Trump's question.
Just another one of those things that makes you go hmmmmmm.
The health of Pennsylvania is in good man-hands.
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Will you puhleeez stop rubbing it in!
Welcome, sir!
“Your grandkids cant breath ozone without turning their lungs to pudding,
so you would need to provide them proper air to breath before you go
hosing them down with ozone or locking them in your sterilization box... ;-)”
Details, details lol. Bleach baths it is ;).
Petey
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments
Look down the page for "Get my payment" button.
What he's trying to say is you're really, really old.
#DiplomaticInterpreter
(just kidding)
Thank you, Pat and welcome!
Petey
No, but Trump (in troll mode) should recommend them to the press pool as a suppository.
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