Understanding the Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic for People With Kidney Disease

Health authorities worldwide began to recognize the enormity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic late in the first quarter of 2020. The daunting public health implications of the pandemic for people with kidney disease has since become increasingly clear. Indeed, reports on the impact of COVID-19 in people with kidney disease have appeared at a rate unprecedented in the history of nephrology.