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@pamby1 @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @h53pilot @Andre I was a kid in the 70s, and most of us missed 2 weeks due to chicken pox, mumps and measles over the course of grades 1 thru 5.

@conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @h53pilot @Andre Me too. I got chicken pox @ 5, before I started school.

@pamby1

My VA doctor keeps trying to talk me into the shingles vaccine. Nope.

Anyone else get that talking to?

@conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @Andre

@h53pilot @conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @Andre My dr has never mentioned that. I did get a tetanus shot about 2-3 yrs ago. Is shingles pretty common?

h53pilot

@pamby1

To hear them talk it is pretty common. Never known anyone with shingles, though. If you've had chickenpox, then you can get shingles.

Anyone else (as in not from a doctor) know how common shingles is?

@conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @Andre

@h53pilot
I'm pretty cautious about vaccines in general. But soon after I turned 50, I had my butt down to the Walgreens. Shingles gets much worse as you age. If you get the illness in your 50's, say, it's not too bad. I had a neighbor who got it in his 70's and it really screwed him up for a long while. *Very* painful and you can risk your sight if the rash gets near an eye, which it often does.
@pamby1 @conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @Andre

@h53pilot
And, yes, I think it's common in the elders and those with weakened immunity. So, if you get one disease bc of weakened immunity, shingles can add insult to injury. Double whammy.
@pamby1 @conservativechris @LaughterintheRain @SweetIceTea @Phil @Bleukitty @Andre