{"id":3410,"date":"2021-08-04T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2021-08-04T08:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:58:27","slug":"getting-the-covid-19-vaccine-what-kidney-patients-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/08\/04\/getting-the-covid-19-vaccine-what-kidney-patients-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine, What Kidney Patients Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3410\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most doctors agree that the\u00a0benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine\u00a0for people with kidney disease at any stage, including those on dialysis and those with a kidney transplant, are much greater than the risk of serious complications from the virus than from the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dialysis patients who contract COVID-19 are at extremely high risk of short-term mortality, possibly higher than 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Kidney Foundation, American Society of Nephrology, and American Society of Transplantation all recommend that people with kidney disease or kidney transplant be vaccinated for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaccines are one of the most effective tools to protect your health and prevent disease. 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