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  I think I'm a bit late to the start, but... Whyyyyy would you put that in your mouth? Why are people like this? #monsterdon

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  @CStamp@mastodon.social Yeah, I meant chickenpox, sorry. My SO was born before a vaccine was easily available or routine, as was I - I don't think it became a routine childhood vaccination until the late 90s, maybe early 2000s. And it's a big problem, because in that cohort, we're basically saddled with either very unreasonable costs (I was quoted $400 for a shingles vaccine, the best anyone could do for my SO was $370) or just hoping we don't get it until we age into getting the...

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  @CStamp@mastodon.social Pretty sure as well that active shingles can infect those who don't have existing immunity, as well as potentially activating it in others. Also it sucks ass no matter what age, but adults seem to be more prone to the really nasty effects like nerve pain. (And you'd be surprised at how many people aren't immune and aren't vaccinated, despite being high risk. Mostly because no matter how much evidence you have that you are definitely not immune and how mu...

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  @ElenLeFoll And here I thought the machines were like, scanning some kind of embedded something in the note to find out the denomination, not scanning the look of the note or something. (I know the notes in some countries are also slightly different sizes but I thought that was purely an accessibility feature.)