Protective associations between Rh negative blood groups and SARS-CoV-2 infection and death

Here is the revised version from July 21st, 2020 of a study I have recently posted. Thank you to Paul for sharing it in a comment here. Here are some highlights regarding Rh negative blood and COVID-19 alongside brief comments of mine: Using observational data on 7,770 SARS-CoV-2-tested individuals at New York Presbyterian (NYP) hospital, we find evidence of overall association with ABO blood groups and a beneficial association between Rh-negative blood groups and both infection status and death. I am happy to see that in this version, the obvious is being focused on which didn’t happen in the previous one. Finally, we show that blood type’s effects are not explained by other risk factors (age, sex, race, ethnicity, hypertension, … Continue reading Protective associations between Rh negative blood groups and SARS-CoV-2 infection and death