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I apparently had to get my MMR updated recently for work. The nurse asked if there was anything else I needed. I asked for shingles and Lyme. Apparently not free for me. I asked about eligible patients who have refused and if I could just have their vaccine that is already paid for but refused. No, I just have to suffer through shingles until I am 65 years old for… reasons.
There has been some research showing a correlation between shingles and dementia.
You should probably get it even if it costs you money.
They have Lyme available now? I know they were testing a new one, but afaik it wasn’t widely ready for distribution yet.
I just checked and the Lyme vaccine was discontinued all the way back in 2002. There currently isn’t one approved for humans. You have to sneak into a veterinary clinic and steal the dog one. Why do I feel compelled to lick my testicles? Oh, wait, I know; that has nothing to do with the dog vaccine.
Yes, the original was canceled thanks to anti-vax fears. However there is a new one that has been in testing for a couple years now. I’ve heard you can get the animal one sometimes.
IIRC, shingles is the chicken pox virus (which is in the herpes family). Chicken pox goes dormant in the nerve cells. As people age, the immune system weakens, and the virus can come out of dormancy from the nerve cells, causing intense pain. This can occur more than once, like fever blisters or genital herpes. The associated rash is usually on the trunk or sometimes limbs. It has a branching form that follows the nerves under the skin. Rarely life threatening but super fucking painful.