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Originally Posted by em2nought
Got my 4th Moderna jab today. Moderna was my only choice, I'd have preferred to mix it up this time. Had to delay until now because they didn't have anything available a month ago because of the hurricane supposedly. Got the flu shot too.
Wondering if I should get the Shingles series of two shots also. Two people in close proximity to me have had shingles in the past few years. Shingles isn't contagious, but the virus that makes you susceptible to shingles is. If you've got a shingles blister that's busted you can transfer the virus. Seems like it's kind of splitting hairs to not call that contagious.
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I thought that shingles was a result of having had the chickenpox at some point in the past. So anyone who once had it could someday develop shingles unless they got the vaccine to prevent it.
On the other hand I also heard that taking the vaccine without having had CP could actually cause a case of the shingles.