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Old 09-24-2020, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kathyspear View Post
The new two-shot shingles vaccine (called Shingrex) is much more effective than the old one. You should seriously consider getting it even if you had the old one.

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We did get the new 2 parts shingles vaccine late last year. We both had the earlier one a few years earlier.

About a month after the second one had a rash on my back that I thought was a bug bite.

Shortly after my wife encouraged me to have a DR look at my back. Too make a long story a bit shorter, turns out my rash was shingles.

Apparently my vaccination did not take full effect at that time but it did lead to a much lesser case of shingles.

If that was a lesser case do not want to get the usual one. I strongly encourage everyone to get the new 2 part vaccine.