I love these stories that start with "My neighbor's aunt got the vaccine and her left hand turned into a cucumber", or "My great uncle was in a car crash and he would have died if he was wearing a seatbelt, so I never wear one".
I was an ER doc for 40 years. I have seen disseminated zoster (shingles over the whole body) and post-herpetic neuralgia (permanent damage to the nerve, so the rash area is forever on fire). I got the early vaccine and more recently the two-part vaccine. I've also received the 3 part hepatitis vaccine, 2 part pneumonia vaccine, TDAP (tetanus diptheria and pertussis), meningitis, yearly influenza and hopefully soon a Corona vaccine.
But hey, what do I know? I don't really care if anyone else gets the shingles vaccine, because they can't infect anyone else. Only they will suffer when they get it (remember 1 in 3). They will only have themselves to blame.
It's a free country. Do what you want. But choose based on facts, not anecdotes.
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