In Reply to: Re: Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk by 20% posted by russsmith on October 27, 2025 at 15:23:39
I got shingles years ago, and fortunately recognized the symptoms and immediately got on antivirals. Knocked it down really quick. I was lucky too.
Everyone I know who has gotten it has really suffered. Really bad if it shows up on your face.
I knew one guy who had it for months.
I got the old vaccine which has diminishing effectiveness years ago, so I got the new one more recently.