COVID-19 Poses a Far Greater Risk to the Kidneys Than Vaccination, Review Finds
The paper says both COVID infection and, much more rarely, vaccination have been temporally associated with kidney disorders, but the kidney risk from actual COVID infection is considerably greater, and current evidence often cannot establish that vaccination caused an individual kidney disorder. This distinction is central to understanding the scientific evidence. Reports of kidney disease following COVID-19 vaccination have understandably attracted attention, particularly when symptoms appear soon after a vaccine dose. However, a temporal association—one event occurring after another—is not necessarily evidence that the first event caused the second. COVID-19 and the Kidneys COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory illness, but SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. The kidneys are among the organs that can be seriously affected, particularly in people with severe disease. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most important renal complications associated with COVID-19. Kidney...