Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19

Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:43AM (#23464014)

Hot damn, I may be > 400 lbs but I'm taking Vitamin D, Zinc, AND have o-positive. I also wear masks everywhere, cause I'm not stupid. I'll let you know if I survive.

Before the lectures about 'have you tried losing weight', I was 690 in 2012, so yeah, it's just a SLOW burn, not a fast overnight thing, still going down, just slow and about 80 lbs is skin that needs removed and I just haven't been able to afford that surgery yet and was wanting to get lower still first anyways.

W/ covid here, seems not the best time for electives anyways.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by plugger on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:49AM (#23464049)

Congratulations. 690 lbs to nearly 400 lbs is an incredible amount of weight loss. Well done.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:01AM (#23474110)

Thanks, I had VSG which helped, but got stuck at 510, then crossfit + switching to diet soda got me down to 420 where I'm floating now... Need to go back to crossfit when covid is over w/...

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by thdrdt on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:16AM (#23464470)

"I'm taking Vitamin D, Zinc"

Why aren't governments promoting this? For most people it is relatively easy to get and it is already proven to have benefits. You can still get Covid-19 but it reduces the effects significantly. It is also safe to take but you should not overdose (especially with zinc).

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by C1sc0cat on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:13AM (#23465028)

being careful with Zinc is VERY important.

I was in the Royal Free in the UK (for a Kidney transplant) and the guy next to me had over done Zinc and had completely shut is kidney function down due to complications with other prescribed medication!

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @12:55AM (#23474069)

I've been doing 50mg, but not religious/daily probably remembering 3-4 days per week... Vitamin D is daily though as my surgery I had causes some vitamin deficiency and I'm VERY D deficient.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by thdrdt on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:24AM (#23465074)

Yes I believe too much zinc reduces copper intake.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by kwhitefoot on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:14AM (#23464754)

Most people who do not spend much time out of doors in sunshine should take vitamin D3 supplements according to my doctor. Especially in the winter in high latitudes. As far as I can tell this is standard national health service advice here in Norway, so some governments are promoting it but not specifically for COVID-19.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:00AM (#23474101)

It's not a 'proven' but a lot of 'talk' and studies, but I'm D deficient anyways, so it can't hurt me, and if I live through covid infection, well even better :) At least it's something I can do to feel 'productive' for my health and maybe it's just a placebo but sometimes those actually work themselves - to protect from severe outcomes with illness.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by adrianN on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:09AM (#23464727)

As far as I know we only have observed correlation, and didn't do any studies to show causation.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:03AM (#23474117)

As someone w/ a very deep D Deficiency, it can't hurt and may benefit, having o-positive blood is also a plus, so I guess we'll see as I'm sure I'll catch it someday. It's starting to explode here in Utah lately.... we went from 100/day avg to 560 last friday in new cases.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by zapdrive on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:07AM (#23464435)

You had almost 2 of me reduced in weight from your body. That's an incredible achievement. Keep it up! And stay safe.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by dsign on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:22AM (#23464792)

Oh boy how I envy you, those five pounds I need to make that ratio exact are the hardest of my life.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by KarlKemp on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:05AM (#23464131)

And here I am at <70kg/150 pounds (@1.95m tall) and have more or less given up trying to gain weight.

The amount of happiness to be gained if only we could trade such character traits...

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by usrusr on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:03AM (#23464415)

Take up a competitive endurance sport like running or better, if you have access to hills, cycling, you'll start to love that low weight of yours.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by KarlKemp on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:25PM (#23468671)

Yes, have done the Alps on a bike and enjoyed it quite a bit.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by bad_news_bears on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:17AM (#23465940)

I’m 6’2” and weighed about 150 lbs. last year. Now I weigh 180 lbs. and I attribute the weight gain almost exclusively to eating the number of calories I actually was supposed to (chronic under-eater before). It sucked at first, shoveling all the food I could in... but now I’ve tapered off and have maintained 180 for the last twelve months or so with relative ease. You just gotta EAT.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by cko on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:03AM (#23464416)

Hi, fellow lanky dude here. I blame everything on having a shitty appetite.

It's a slight struggle to maintain 77kg at 190cm. What have you been trying? I used to think nothing works, but they do say to keep a food (intake) and exercise journal so you hold yourself accountable.

I do have a small frame (thin wrists, smaller bones, etc) so I suspect my biology wants me to stay at like 75kg.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by marvin on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:15AM (#23464760)

You’ll love the low weight when you get older. My 60+ parents say their peers from university, even many who were really fit but with higher weight, struggle a lot with their mobility at higher age.

It looks like a curse due to current body ideals, but it’s probably a blessing.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by nradov on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:56AM (#23466227)

Underweight elderly people also struggle with mobility. Muscle atrophy and loss of bone mineral density causes falls and fractures. They often break a hip and are then stuck in a bed for weeks, which triggers an accelerating downward spiral.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by graeme on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @06:45AM (#23465423)

Did you ever do barbell lifts + GOMAD?

If you can sustain that without gaining muscle or fat, I would suspect some sort of medical issue.

(I wouldn’t recommend GOMAD to most people. Even in your case, barbells + massive amounts of food would be my primary suggestion. However, I wouldn’t start immediately, as the whole gym/train/mer/physio system is mostly down or inadvisable from covid. You can hurt yourself with barbells)

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by tortasaur on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:47AM (#23466137)

Isn't wearing a mask more for the benefit of those around you if you're asymptomatic? I thought most masks didn't do anything to prevent you from catching coronavirus, only spreading it.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @12:57AM (#23474080)

I heard it decreases your likelihood like maybe 10-20%, but I'd imagine viral load goes way down compared to if you're not wearing one, so that could possibly have a better outcome from wearing one vs not wearing one... Imagine if healthcare workers just said fuck it and wore no PPE's how much sicker and faster would we start losing med workers?

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by senectus1 on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:57AM (#23464092)

holy snapping duck shit, you're a big dude and that amount of loss is amazing!

I was pretty please with 12kg over 6 months but hooly dooly, those stats are impressive!

seriously, you can do that you can do anything.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @12:58AM (#23474091)

I lost 100 about 2 years ago by rededicating, and doing crossfit, been a bit lazy past year so kinda just stagnating then dieting a month or so if I gain some so I at least don't go up...

Was gonna go back to crossfit in March, but covid hit lol.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by tmikaeld on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:03AM (#23464129)

That's really impressive weight loss! Just keep pushing weights and exercise, it will zip that skin right up even if it takes quite a while.

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Re:Evidence that blood type plays a role in COVID-19 by dicomdan on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:08AM (#23464148)

Good for you, keep it up!

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