COVID-19 has arrived in the United States, and public information about the virus still seems scarce. Researchers have been working relentlessly to try and understand more about COVID-19. A study out of Wuhan, China has examined the blood types of 2,173 patients who had been diagnosed with the virus to look for correlations.
Researchers found a sample size of 3694 normal people had a break down of 32.16%, 24.90%, 9.10%, and 33.84% for blood types A, B, AB, and O, respectively. For comparison, the United States has a breakdown of 40%, 11%, 4%, and 45%.
Researchers compared that information against 1775 infected patients, who had a break down of 37.75%, 26.42%, 10.03%, and 25.80%. The numbers for people with types B and AB blood fall within the standard deviation, but the numbers for types A and O are interesting. The results suggest that people with Type A are more susceptible, and those with Type O are more resistant.
In addition, researchers looked at the age and gender of 1,888 patients from two different hospitals. They compared the numbers and found no distinguishable differences across gender and age range. In other words, gender and age have no effect on whether an individual can contract COVID-19.
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