{"id":7741,"date":"2020-04-28T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=7741"},"modified":"2020-04-28T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T13:08:38","slug":"covid-19-why-would-blood-type-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-why-would-blood-type-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Why would blood type matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"COVID-19: Why would blood type matter?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/206.jpg?resize=640%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/206.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/206.jpg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past few weeks, 2 questions have been popping up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Is there a connection between coronavirus SARS-2\/COVID-19 and blood types?<\/li><li>Why?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume for a minute that there is something to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VsgJyFWDdV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-more-likely-resistant-from-coronaviruses\/\">Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-more-likely-resistant-from-coronaviruses\/embed\/#?secret=hmGFs9jduQ#?secret=VsgJyFWDdV\" data-secret=\"VsgJyFWDdV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of malaria, we have after all seen an advantage of O and disadvantage of A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nYCF5FUEWa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/\">Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/embed\/#?secret=c0XulzebqZ#?secret=nYCF5FUEWa\" data-secret=\"nYCF5FUEWa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of malaria, transmission appears to be essential and different from SARS-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Blood type O conveys protection against malaria because RIFIN, a protein secreted by parasites, bonds weakly with type O blood cells while strongly linking to type A. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we have learned the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COVID-19 increases risk of dangerous blood clots\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OD1jWZtn2x4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blood clotting is less frequent in people with blood type O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mPThHZjC4u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-increases-the-risk-of-dangerous-blood-clots\/\">COVID-19 increases the risk of dangerous blood clots<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;COVID-19 increases the risk of dangerous blood clots&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-increases-the-risk-of-dangerous-blood-clots\/embed\/#?secret=F3L0ug6N8I#?secret=mPThHZjC4u\" data-secret=\"mPThHZjC4u\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is only a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how about the Rh factor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7gxHVU73hw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/infections-of-viral-origin\/\">Infections of viral origin and Rh(D) negative blood<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Infections of viral origin and Rh(D) negative blood&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/infections-of-viral-origin\/embed\/#?secret=k1G5B8cAIv#?secret=7gxHVU73hw\" data-secret=\"7gxHVU73hw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Could this be related to transport in blood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CNDhuof1Ii\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/new-research-provides-evidence-that-rh-proteins-act-as-co2-gas-channels\/\">New research provides evidence that Rh proteins act as CO2 gas channels<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;New research provides evidence that Rh proteins act as CO2 gas channels&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/new-research-provides-evidence-that-rh-proteins-act-as-co2-gas-channels\/embed\/#?secret=rh4PVeXZ51#?secret=CNDhuof1Ii\" data-secret=\"CNDhuof1Ii\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Rh negatives, harmful substances seem to be transported differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rhesusnegative.net\/rhnegativeforum\/index.php?board=2.0\">Please continue here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; 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