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Thousands of personal health factors contribute to your risk of becoming Covid-19, which is why the disease poses as important threat. Pre-existing conditions, such as heart disease and high blood pressure, can endanger coronaviruses, as can yourblood group. However, although early research stated that people with type o blood tend to be sheltered from Covid-19, while those who type A are the most exposed, new reports show that this might not be true.

Let's start from the beginning: according to a study of June 2020 published in theNew England Journal of Medicine, people with type A blood have a coronavirus risk of 45% larger to contract, while people with type O blood were65% less likely to become infected compared to other types of blood.

Despite this research, however, the reality is quite different. If you have the type of blood, you are far from immunized with the virus. Thirty-six percent of the American population have blood, while48% of type o blood. According to the American Red Cross,type o blood is the most common In Hispanic and African American groups (51% and 57%, respectively). Yet the black communities haveCOVID-19 infection rate disproportionately.

On June 25, disease control and prevention centers (CDC) published data that showed thatBlacks are infected by coronavirus at a rate five times higher than whites. Meanwhile, Hispanic people or Latino are four times more likely than their white counterparts to be infected. They also have the best hospitalization rates after the American Indians and Alaska Aboriginal people. When adjusted during the age between 45 and 54,Black and Hispanic mortality rates are at least six times higher that those of whites, according to the search for Brookings.

Counties with a greater number ofBlack inhabitants account for more than half of coronavirus cases And almost 60% of deaths, CNN reports - a crushing number, considering that blacks represent only 13.4% of the total American population.

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"[Type] o should not think they are notwill get this disease, "Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology at the University of Reading, said CNN. "They should not run everywhere and not maintain the social distance, nor [type] a panic." And for more ways that you could affect coronavirus, checkIf you have this in your blood, you are twice as likely to die from Covid.