First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

Yay I'm type O

Neg or pos? My blood is like gold, I'm a universal donor.

[jon-nyc]

I’m O+. I’m only half universal.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

I’m O+. I’m only half universal.

Exact same here.

[jon-nyc]

Well at least Horace can donate blood to George as he nears respiratory failure.

[Copper]

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

A-positive participants were at a 45% increased for respiratory failure,

A+

[jon-nyc]

Hopefully Horace has enough blood for you too.

[Horace]

They can have my blood, I don't mind. Just not all of it all at once or anything.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

Well at least Horace can donate blood to George as he nears respiratory failure.

As if I'd take it.

[89th]

Is it bad I don’t know my blood type?

[Loki]

@89th said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

Is it bad I don’t know my blood type?

Good question. I’m asking for a friend

[Jolly]

@Horace said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

@George-K said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

Yay I'm type O

A negative.

I'm a negative too. O negative, to be specific.

Oooh! I like you!

(Did I ever tell you I worked as an immunohematologist [blood banker] for three years?)

[Jolly]

BTW, A+.

[Horace]

@Jolly said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

@Horace said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

@George-K said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

@jon-nyc said in First GWAS is in.... blood type matters?:

Yay I'm type O

A negative.

I'm a negative too. O negative, to be specific.

Oooh! I like you!

(Did I ever tell you I worked as an immunohematologist [blood banker] for three years?)

I really should donate more. Back when I exercised every day my excuse was that it would keep me from doing that for a couple days. But now I don't have any excuse.

[brenda]

O+
Jon and I can save half the world, and with two of us, we'll never even break a sweat.

[Loki]

Blood type now deemed not a factor says two studies, Mass Gen and Columbia Presbyterian.

Article in NYT.

That took a long time given the number of cases. Doesn’t give me a warm feeling about reliability of everything we read.