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    People with blood type A might be more susceptible to coronavirus, study finds

    People with blood type A might be more vulnerable to the coronavirus, while those with type O blood could be more resistant, according to a new preliminary study from China.

    Researchers studying COVID-19 in its outbreak epicenter, Wuhan, and the city of Shenzhen found the proportion of Type-A patients both infected and killed by the disease to be "significantly" higher than those with the same blood type in the general public.

    Type O patients, meanwhile, made up a smaller proportion of both those infected and killed by the virus.

    "People of blood group A might need particularly strengthened personal protection to reduce the chance of infection," wrote the researchers at the Centre for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine based out of Wuhan...

    People with blood type A might be more susceptible to coronavirus, study finds | Fox News

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    Type O patients, meanwhile, made up a smaller proportion of both those infected and killed by the virus.
    That would be me. :)

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    That would be me. :)
    .....and me! Well okie dokie then!

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