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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Why do you think this?
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First, there was a study out of China that noticed people with O blood type did better than those with A or B or AB. There was actually a laddering of severity established based on blood type. Correlation, of course. But that's all we've got.
Then you have the gross statistics about who's done well and who's done poorly. The big story is the old and the compromised do badly and a few of the young and healthy also do badly. What's not discussed is that a lot of old and unhealthy people do quite fine with it.
Finally, you have the fact that different groups of people have different sets of presentations. They've teased out data showing common responses from diarrhea to pinkeye to fever that tend to run together. (I forget the typical groupings found). This would suggest that the virus has different impacts on people regardless of health, age, etc. That could only be genetic.
