Shingles Vaccine
I was reading your article about the Shingles vaccine. To begin with, I am NOT an anti vaccine person. I fully trust and believe in vaccines. I had the new vaccine in mid 2018. Both injections. I also had the old vaccine when I turned 50. So plenty of shots. While traveling last September I came down with Shingles on my face that went into my eye. It has been very bad. Since that time I have met two other people who also had the shot about the same time, both also got Shingles, one worse than me. The shot may be 97% efficient initially but I do not believe it is that efficient forever. I have friends who think they are safe because they got the shot eight years ago. I was told that new vaccines are not typically tested to see if a booster is required until ten years after the vaccine is released. I did see a study on line that said after four years the vaccine was less than 50% effective. This topic needs more discussion. Maybe some investigative work from AARP would be helpful in raising appropriate awareness. I now have issues that may be around for the rest of my life. Do I believe in the vaccine? Yes. Do I believe it is 97% effective forever. NO! I'm living proof of that.