23andMe Says People With Blood Type O Less Likely to Be Infected With Covid-19

[Robert59]

Research from genetic-testing giant 23andMe Inc. finds that people with blood type O may be less likely to be infected with Covid-19. Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer of the consumer DNA-testing firm, discusses the results of an April study. She speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/23andme-says-people-blood-type-224335099.html

 

[Pepper]

Thank you, Robert. I did want an update on this theory. I first posted a thread, many months ago now, that there was a scientific theory backing this idea. For fairness sake, I admit that I, my son, his wife, and their baby are all type O!

 

[Em in Ohio]

Research from genetic-testing giant 23andMe Inc. finds that people with blood type O may be less likely to be infected with Covid-19. Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer of the consumer DNA-testing firm, discusses the results of an April study. She speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/23andme-says-people-blood-type-224335099.html

According to this video, having Type O blood may make us less likely to get the virus or have a severe reaction, but it is not immunity. Still, anything positive in my life is a mental benefit. Thanks for posting, Robert.

 

[StarSong]

According to this video, having Type O blood may make us less likely to get the virus or have a severe reaction, but it is not immunity. Still, anything positive in my life is a mental benefit. Thanks for posting, Robert.

Not saying that people with type O are more likely to get CV, not saying they ain't. However, 23andMe has more than a few financial horses in this race, so I'd take their words with a large grain of salt.

If they can plant the idea that illness likelihood can be determined by one's blood type (or other markers one can learn from a 23andMe test)? Well, let's just say it would be a giant windfall for that company.

Follow the money.

 

[doat]

Every day seems like we learn something new about the virus...hope someone is writing this stuff down.