⚠️KIDNEY FAILURE—Bad #LongCovid kidney damage in even non-hospitalized w/ no prior kidney problems ➡️2x higher risk of developing end-stage kidney disease, vs never had #COVID19. 📍That’s “+7.8 extra people needing dialysis or a kidney transplant per 10,000” with mild/moderate.🧵
2) The findings, reported in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, highlight yet another pernicious burden of the pandemic. ➡️ Kidney damage is painless and silent, and it’s the latest ailment afflicting a large swath of Covid survivors.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
3) Kidney damage is serious. And costly. And debilitating. I’ve discussed it before - but the drop in kidney function from #LongCovid is not small. See 🧵 below 👇
4) not just #LongCovid kidney infection damage… but also testicular infections… do unvaccinated macho men want that?
5) “show us the data on the DOUBLING of risk” of end stage kidney disease with #LongCovid… here it is 👇
Dialysis or kidney transplant anyone? No? #vaccinate
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