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lliamander
on May 26, 2023
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Evidence that the shingles vaccine prevents a good...
For people who have already had chickenpox/shingles, is there any potential benefit from getting the vaccine?
imagainstit
on May 26, 2023
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Shingles is the latent chickenpox you already were infected with reactivating so people who already had chickenpox is exactly who the vaccine is for.
You can have shingles multiple times, any time the virus reactivates.
scythe
on May 26, 2023
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Yes. Shingles is effectively chronic.
privacyking
on May 26, 2023
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The vaccine reduces the likelihood of future flare-ups as well as their severity.
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