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Blood type does not impact COVID-19 symptoms

Posted at 8:00 AM, Jul 17, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-17 11:00:07-04

A new study shows that your blood type does not have any influence on whether your COVID-19 infection will be severe.

Researchers looked at coronavirus patients in two Boston hospitals from March to April.

From those numbers, they found blood type did not have any influence on whether a person's case turned severe.