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   Robyn (redrobyn@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Mar-2026 13:04:08 JST Robyn

   • thepoliticalcat
   • MissConstrue
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   @MissConstrue
   Shingles vaccine is a good idea if you are in the right age cohort. It has a good chance of preventing quite unpleasant attacks and protecting us from lasting damage (and from dementia. How cool is that?). However shingles is not caused by the measles virus but the chicken pox one. It rears its ugly head from its hiding place in our nerves. It's a nasty trick that herpes viruses have.
   @thepoliticalcat @bicmay

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Mar-2026 13:04:06 JST Miakoda

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     • thepoliticalcat
     • MissConstrue
     • Bich Nguyen :verified:

     @RedRobyn @MissConstrue @thepoliticalcat @bicmay I need to know more about this. What's the age cohort? I had chicken pox as a kid. Twice, oddly enouh.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Mar-2026 01:34:58 JST Miakoda

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     • thepoliticalcat
     • MissConstrue
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     @thepoliticalcat @RedRobyn @MissConstrue @bicmay Nope, it's never been explained to me.

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     thepoliticalcat (thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Mar-2026 01:34:59 JST thepoliticalcat

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     • Miakoda
     • MissConstrue
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     @hellomiakoda @RedRobyn @MissConstrue @bicmay Twice? What an anomaly. Did anyone tell you how you contacted it twice?

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Mar-2026 16:22:42 JST Miakoda

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     • thepoliticalcat
     • MissConstrue
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     @RedRobyn @MissConstrue @thepoliticalcat @bicmay Ok, cool. I'm not 50 yet.

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     Robyn (redrobyn@mastodon.nz)'s status on Thursday, 12-Mar-2026 16:22:43 JST Robyn

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     • thepoliticalcat
     • Miakoda
     • MissConstrue
     • Bich Nguyen :verified:

     @hellomiakoda
     Twice is odd. Sympathy for childhood you.
     50 plus for Shingrix. I'm sorry I don't know what that's based on and whether it'll change - it seems younger people may be getting more vulnerable to shingles attacks following covid infections. It's the current minimum age guideline in this country, but we have to wait until 65 years old for a funded series. I paid to get it earlier.
     @MissConstrue @thepoliticalcat @bicmay