• morgan423@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Annoyingly, where I live, they won’t let you have the shingles vaccine until age 50 for… reasons, I guess?

    But you better believe it’s one of the items on my to do list for my 50th birthday week.

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      4 hours ago

      It’s a look at the risk. Over 50 you’re much more likely to have an outbreak and you’re much more likely to have difficulty recovering.

      I would hope they also look at other risks, such as having an actual outbreak

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      I’m going to get the fucking vaccine as soon as I can after I’m done with this round. Two rounds of the shingles is uncommon, three is rare, but I’m not going to take the chance.