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minus-squaremorgan423@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoAnnoyingly, 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.
minus-squareMaple Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoI’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.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’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
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.
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.
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