2026-04-06 13:17 UTC
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@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-06 13:22
@kimu@wandering.shop Here in the UK, I can't get the vaccine on the NHS until I'm 70, but I can pay for it privately at £250/shot if I choose. So at the age of 68, it's just a risk assessment of the chances of getting shingles in the next 2 years!
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@aachrisg@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-06 14:31
@kimu@wandering.shop It's also the closest thing we have to a dementia vaccine.
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@coatilex@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 15:51
@kimu@wandering.shop It's only available for 60+ over here 😢
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@bedast@beige.party 2026-04-06 16:37
@kimu@wandering.shop (adding to this) As someone who had a shingles flare up (in my 30s...) whatever one might perceive as "rough" from the vax... the real thing is substantially worse. Like not even close. I got the vax early last year (not 50 yet, but qualifying circumstances) and am dealing with the aftermath of a second flare up now. Yeah, it can happen. However, thanks to the vax, the flare up is WAY less than the first time. It's just a bit annoying, and never had a rash. Get yer shongles shit!
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@ChrisFerguson@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 16:46
@kimu@wandering.shop And it likely helps prevent Dementia/Alzheimer's too. (recent studies correlate this!)
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@not3ottersinacoat@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 17:04
@kimu@wandering.shop I got shingles when I was in my 30s, and I was very lucky that it was "mild". I wonder if that affects whether/when I should get the vaccine.
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@LovingFalloutLondon1954@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 17:19
@kimu@wandering.shop I was still employed when I got my doses. I waited until Friday to get it and laid around watching TV all weekend while sick with the side effects. Nice excuse to goof off.
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@tarabara@indieweb.social 2026-04-06 18:38
@kimu@wandering.shop I now know of two people *under* the age of 50 (32 & 43) who have had it and both are screaming to go get the dang vaccine even if you aren't yet 50. The antiviral pills are the size of exotic beetles (2" long, thick baddies) and the rash is awful. I'll be bringing this up with my doc next week. Stress has a strong correlation as well as other immune suppressing factors so don't assume you can put this off for later.
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@cathos@merveilles.town 2026-04-06 20:05
@kimu@wandering.shop also, if you're immunocompromised at all, you can and should get it, no matter your age. I got shingles at age 28, and managed to get the vaccine a couple years later. It hasn't popped up again, so far. But yeah. Do not recommend getting shingles.
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@Cetraria@neurodifferent.me 2026-04-07 04:53
@kimu@wandering.shop for me, the first vaccine was the roughest I've ever had. (I tend to over-respond to all vaccines) And yet, having watched young loved ones go through shingles infections, I'd get the vaccine every month for a year to avoid that pain and suffering! Twice is no problem at all.
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@kaffando@mastodon.social 2026-04-07 08:13
@kimu@wandering.shop Also a reminder that you can only develop shingles if you've had chicken pox / varicella-zooster. In addition, #COVID19 has been shown to re-activate dormant viruses like varicella, which is why there appears to be (well, there is) more shingles around than prior to COVID.
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@cbuddenhagen@mastodon.nz 2026-04-07 08:47
@kimu@wandering.shop In NZ, the two shots cost more than $700. Would love to get it, but I might wait until it's free at 65. #vaccine
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@nolsen311@infosec.exchange 2026-04-07 16:15
@kimu@wandering.shop It is. Shingles is absolutely fucking terrible. You will look like you have The Plague. You're only a risk to unvaccinated ppl/infants. I was unlucky enough to have shingles 2 years ago along my jaw. It felt like dental surgery without anesthesia. It's direct nerve stimulation. Excruciatingly painful. And it can be anywhere on/in your body. [Removed unnecessarily antagonizing antivaxx assignments] Shingles is one of the only immunizations that are live virus. I can't get the other one. 😭 @shansterable@ohai.social
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@eedly@mindly.social 2026-04-08 14:24
@kimu@wandering.shop Also, if you're like I was and you forgot to get the second shot and you feel like it's too late and you're a bad person for forgetting and and and... Just. Get. The. Second. Shot. The window for getting the second shot is a LOT bigger than what the recommendations say. Get it done.