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FACTS VS FICTION REGARDING COVID 19 VACCINES

Kingwood Kidney Associates Blog FACTS VS FICTION REGARDING COVID 19 VACCINES

"I can get COVID-19 from the COVID-19 vaccine."

FALSE. 

 

"I’ve already had COVID-19, so I don’t need to get a vaccine."

FALSE. "A COVID-19 vaccination will protect me from getting COVID-19."

TRUE. 

 

"The COVID-19 vaccine will change my DNA."

FALSE.

 

 

"I shouldn’t get vaccinated because I may want children someday."

FALSE.

 

 

"I should continue wearing a mask when I am vaccinated."

TRUE.

 

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Author
Dr. Sowmya Puthalapattu Sowmya Puthalapattu, MD, or Dr. Sowmya as she’s known to patients, is an experienced board-certified nephrologist and internal medicine physician at Kingwood Kidney Associates, with offices in Kingwood and The Woodlands, Texas. Dedicated to providing her patients with comprehensive individualized care, Dr. Puthalapattu believes in the importance of active listening and having an open and creative clinical mind to provide the right care to meet her patients’ needs. She is faculty and Subspeciality education coordinator for Nephrology at IM GME program HCA Kingwood . Her areas of specialty include chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, hyponatremia, and high blood pressure. A resident of The Woodlands, Texas, Dr. Puthalapattu spends her free time with her husband and two children. Her favorite activities include hiking and traveling.

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