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Has everyone had their Shingles vaccine?

Posted by jlo2252 @jlo2252, Jun 22 1:25am

Hi there. Just had my second shingles vaccine today. I did it because I do not want more pain and I have heard that Shingles is VERY painful!!
The injection itself stung a little bit, but I did not have any side effects from it.
If you are over the age of 50 you need to do this— protect yourself!

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megz | @megz | Jun 24 8:59pm
In reply to @jlo2252 "The research I read was for the newer vaccine, covering a ten year period. Hopefully this..." + (show)
@jlo2252

The research I read was for the newer vaccine, covering a ten year period. Hopefully this will apply to the first shingles vaccine as well.

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The old shingles vaccine, Zostavax was discontinued in the US in 2020. It was a live vaccine which induced shingles in some people and was harmful to immuno-compromised people. It's success rate for stopping people getting shingles was 51%. Even so, everyone was urged to take it as "safe and effective". We only discontinued Zostavax in Australia 6months ago and replaced it with Shingrix, same as in the US.

The new shingles vaccine, Shingrix has a much better record so far. Immuno-compromised people are allowed to take it with 60-91% chance of it stopping them getting shingles. The higher efficacy percentages they give are for healthy people. Lower for us.

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leeta | @leetaanderson | Jun 25 7:54am
In reply to @janiceem "I had the same experience after my second Pfyzer vaccine and I hadn't been sick for..." + (show)
@janiceem

I had the same experience after my second Pfyzer vaccine and I hadn't been sick for over 25 years! I know someone else who contracted an autoimmune disease after her vaccination and she also was extremely healthy up until then. It may be that those of us with strong immune systems are more susceptible???

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janiceem, I’ve wondered about this, too. I was so very active before PMR - sailing, biking, long walks, keeping up with toddlers. And I’ve been healthy and resilient my whole life.

Many others on this forum have talked about what healthy, active lifesyles they had prior to PMR. Blessed with good immune systems, now we struggle with one that doesn’t know when to turn off.

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janiceem | @janiceem | Jun 25 8:21am
In reply to @hopeinal "The thing is that the Covid "vaccine" isn't really a vaccine. Vaccines prevent the vaccinated person..." + (show)
@hopeinal

The thing is that the Covid "vaccine" isn't really a vaccine. Vaccines prevent the vaccinated person from contracting a specific condition. The toxic jabs for Covid absolutely didn't prevent anyone from having Covid and no, contrary to the fairy tale we were told about how your symptoms would be less severe if you took the shot, that isn't true either. Here's a link to the .gov website that has several medical articles linking the so-called vaccine to PMR.

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I think your link is missing.

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quidpluris | @quidpluris | Jun 25 10:22am
In reply to @hopeinal "Not a big believer in coincidence. I woke up sick the very next morning after the..." + (show)
@hopeinal

Not a big believer in coincidence. I woke up sick the very next morning after the second Pfizer jab and then developed PMR. Do I believe the vaccine that isn't even a real vaccine caused my PMR? Absolutely and according to the CDC, I'm far from alone.

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Can you post a link to the CDC reference to PMR & the covid vaccine? I'd love to dig in.

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hopeinal | @hopeinal | Jun 25 11:31am

I thought I posted a link, sorry, I can't find the specific link again but here are a few more:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259323/
https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20230824/newonset-inflammatory-diseases-may-be-triggered-by-covid19-infection-vaccination
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399140/
Plenty more info and sources linking vaccine and flu shots as well to autoimmune diseases but I want to do my yard work before it hits 100 degrees today. 🙂

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jlo2252 | @jlo2252 | Jun 26 5:33am

Go easy on the yard work! Especially in this heat—in California we are having high temps also(don’t know where you are). Stay safe and hydrated.

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hopeinal | @hopeinal | Jun 26 1:28pm
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@jlo2252

Go easy on the yard work! Especially in this heat—in California we are having high temps also(don’t know where you are). Stay safe and hydrated.

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Thank you! Same to you. I'm in Alabama so it's extremely hot & humid. But I'm up on a mountain and always have a good breeze. That helps.

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klmint | @klmint | Jul 5 10:03pm

omg, i had the original shingles shot... doesn't work too well apparently. i've had 3 shingles attacks since diagnosed. fortunatly mild for me. i am pretty anti-vax. if they wont tell you what's in it.... i will not longer do it

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jlo2252 | @jlo2252 | Jul 6 6:42am
In reply to @klmint "omg, i had the original shingles shot... doesn't work too well apparently. i've had 3 shingles..." + (show)
@klmint

omg, i had the original shingles shot... doesn't work too well apparently. i've had 3 shingles attacks since diagnosed. fortunatly mild for me. i am pretty anti-vax. if they wont tell you what's in it.... i will not longer do it

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Unfortunately for you , the original shingles vaccine was made with a live virus and some people actually got shingles from it.
The new vaccine is made with the inactive (“dead”) virus that seems to be very effective in preventing shingles. So I felt pretty good about taking this vaccine—it is given in two doses and then that’s it. One dose for life!
Your choice, of course. I’m so sorry that you went through all of this.

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klmint | @klmint | Jul 6 10:49am

Good Morning. My 3 shingles attacks were pretty mild, luckily. I'll assume since I had even the original one.
My rheumatologist advised to absolutely NOT have any vaccines for several more months. My pharmacists concur. They want me to have the shingles, HepB/C in due course. Not sure I will. I'm kinda anti-Vax (sorry if I start a new wave of hopefully NOT anger posts) e.g. I wish I never had the JJ one time Covid 19 one. You never know what the impact will be and how it affected my immune system. The journey continues.

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