Your Blood Type and Covid-19

Liberty said:
Did you see this:

https://thehill.com/changing-americ...15-nobel-laureate-predicts-us-will-experience
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From the article:
"Stanford University biophysicist Michael Levitt correctly calculated China would get through the worst of its coronavirus epidemic earlier than most health experts estimated. Now he sees a similar outcome for the United States and other affected countries."

Unfortunately China is experiencing a resurgence so I question the efficacy of Dr. Levitt's information

From Reuters
 

Ronni said:
From the article:
"Stanford University biophysicist Michael Levitt correctly calculated China would get through the worst of its coronavirus epidemic earlier than most health experts estimated. Now he sees a similar outcome for the United States and other affected countries."

Unfortunately China is experiencing a resurgence so I question the efficacy of Dr. Levitt's information

From Reuters
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Well, we can only hope, can't we?! It is what it is and will be what it will be, as hub always says. Remember he was talking about AMERICA , not China. For all we know there could be 2 strains or a weakening of this bug, which has been suggested before by those in China I believe.
 
How does this connect to Oz or the thread subject line? Or perhaps it doesn't. Just wondering

The Hill article skipped over the most important points in far more expansive original source article that it credited.
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-22/coronavirus-outbreak-nobel-laureate

In the full article, Dr. Levitt very specifically agrees with and encourages current social distancing strategies to reduce infection rates. In areas where populations are isolating themselves, the rate of infection is slowing, flattening, and eventually reducing. That's precisely the reason we are being advised to stay home.

China's numbers dropped like a rock because of draconian, massive, rigorously enforced quarantines.

Whether infection rates come down for a while only to roar back in the autumn or when we let our guards down will remain to be seen.
 

Empty said:
I'm O + The universal donor type... Good news for me, if verified. And, donate blood when my weight is sufficiently up.
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I've donated. Scary to open myself up (literally because they're poking holes in me!!!) to infection, but the techs are EXTREMELY cautious and there were a number of extra sanitary measures implemented since the last time I donated.
 
The tests weren’t done by Dr. Oz. The tests were done in universities in China. Scientists were given blood from over 2,000 patients who were tested positive for the virus and the results are amazing.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-fact-check-does-your-blood-type-make-it-more-likely-you-will-get-covid-19/DTLTBS4VVJDBBBBFULQXLPWOFA/?outputType=amp

I’m open minded to view ‘any’ information that’s done by professionals with a unbiased disposition.
Just because Dr. Oz discusses it on one of his shows doesn’t make it quackery and of course he’s discarded by the majority of the medical field; he exposes truths that others either don’t want exposed or don’t want to know like that most apple juice was getting sold to mothers and fed to babies that was filled with arsenic. Of course he ruffles feathers. Most bold and brave people do.
Just because others don’t believe it, doesn’t make him a quack.

Also, what’s wrong with having some possible good news on the forum? If some people do have a better chance of surviving this why the hostility?
Why would people want to know how many hundreds of thousands are going to die before discovering any good news.

There’s a wealth a positive information here that nobody wants to read , from very reputable professionals but people would rather hear the worst stuff.

Anybody with any uplifting news must be bogus?
I don’t get people.
 
Pepper said:
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@7:15 am Saw Dr. Oz on Fox & Friends. A question from a viewer via e-mail was posed to him about this subject and he confirmed that Yes, Blood Type O is the least affected by the Virus and Blood Type A the most. He also said while women appear to get sicker than men, more men die from this than women.

Re: the Blood Types - Dr. Oz said there was so far no reason to be found for this, but it is due to genetic make-up.
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Well, I watch CNN, 😂.
 
StarSong said:
I never said that I had more medical education than him. That doesn't change my opinion that he's an opportunistic shill who has touted all manner of unproven drugs, vitamins, treatments, etc. He's has been roundly criticized for the above by people with better credentials than him or me.

There are many others whose opinions and agendas I trust far more than Oz.
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I agree, he’s in it for the money.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Well, I watch CNN, 😂.
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You're funny! :ROFLMAO:
I'm not a Fox watcher when it comes to opinion shows at night, but I find their regular news to be ok. I was flipping channels this morning, that's about it. At this point, I wish I didn't!
 
Keesha said:
Well of course he’s working for money. And who isn’t? Not everybody is a mother teresa doing work for charity. 🥺
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I am not working for money, oh, wait, I’m not working at all 😍. And I am O- but since I have red blood cell cancer, I doubt anyone wants my blood.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I am not working for money, oh, wait, I’m not working at all 😍. And I am O- but since I have red blood cell cancer, I doubt anyone wants my blood.
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Most people our age don’t work. It’s called retirement and if I offer any kind of condolences, it would be considered sarcastic anyway.
Im sticking with ‘People are strange.’
 
Keesha said:
Most people our age don’t work. It’s called retirement and if I offer any kind of condolences, it would be considered sarcastic anyway.
Im sticking with ‘People are strange.’
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My husband still works so I have to disagree. I think it’s probably more like 50-50 for people our age working. Medicare is not very good insurance, and while people work for money, of course, a lot more people work for insurance first and money second. IMO
 
Aneeda72 said:
My husband still works so I have to disagree. I think it’s probably more like 50-50 for people our age working. Medicare is not very good insurance, and while people work for money, of course, a lot more people work for insurance first and money second. IMO
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Well my husband still works too but he’s younger than me and according to this survey done last year only 1 out of 5 people over 65 still have to work and this is from one year ago. (April - 2019) That would mean that 4 out of 5 people over 65 are in fact retired.

https://www.businessinsider.com/per...-working-past-retirement-age-healthier-2019-4
 
Keesha said:
Well my husband still works too but he’s younger than me and according to this survey done last year only 1 out of 5 people over 65 still have to work and this is from one year ago. (April - 2019 ) That would mean that 4 out of 5 people over 65 are in fact retired.
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Maybe where you live this is true, not where I am, IMO. 😊
 
Pepper said:
The universal blood type is O negative (O-). Donors with type O- blood have the unique power to help anyone in need of a blood transfusion. Red blood cells from O- donors can be transfused to anyone, regardless of the person's blood type.Apr 9, 2019
https://www.oneblood.org/media/blog/target-your-type/what-is-the-universal-blood-type.stml
O Negative, not O Positive
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I'm type 0- and that's what I've always been told. Reverse can be a problem though. If you have type 0- you can only receive a transfusion of Type 0-. I usually have to have a blood transfusion once a year and iron transfusions 2-3 times a year. I used to donate blood and have been called to donate blood because of my type. Then I started having seizures almost 40 years ago and they didn't want my blood because of the meds. Now I have blood loss in my intestines and easily become anemic. When I got pregnant with my first child I was constantly having my blood checked because of the AB/0 incompatibility and the Rh factor (positive/negative). My husband was AB+ and if the baby had my husbands AB blood type and/or his +Rh then my body would treat the baby as a foreign object. This happens with the first pregnancy but there was a greater chance with the 3rd pregnancy. I only had 2 children. That was 40 something years ago. I would think they would have a solution to that problem by now.
 
Suzy623 said:
I'm type 0- and that's what I've always been told. Reverse can be a problem though. If you have type 0- you can only receive a transfusion of Type 0-. I usually have to have a blood transfusion once a year and iron transfusions 2-3 times a year. I used to donate blood and have been called to donate blood because of my type. Then I started having seizures almost 40 years ago and they didn't want my blood because of the meds. Now I have blood loss in my intestines and easily become anemic. When I got pregnant with my first child I was constantly having my blood checked because of the AB/0 incompatibility and the Rh factor (positive/negative). My husband was AB+ and if the baby had my husbands AB blood type and/or his +Rh then my body would treat the baby as a foreign object. This happens with the first pregnancy but there was a greater chance with the 3rd pregnancy. I only had 2 children. That was 40 something years ago. I would think they would have a solution to that problem by now.
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At birth I had to receive a total blood transfusion because of this issue, but my husband is AB+ and though I’m 0- my children did not have any issues.
 

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