Tony Bark@pawb.social to science@lemmy.world · 20 days agoStudy strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia riskmed.stanford.eduexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkStudy strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia riskmed.stanford.eduTony Bark@pawb.social to science@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoDoes it make sense to get the VAX if you already have the virus?
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoYes. People who have had the flu still get the latest booster shots for it.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoThat’s a very different set of viruses
minus-squareKyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoIt lives in your nerve stems and never goes away. It just waits until your immune system is low enough to spread again.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoRight, so would the vaccine help then?
Does it make sense to get the VAX if you already have the virus?
Yes. People who have had the flu still get the latest booster shots for it.
That’s a very different set of viruses
It’s just an example.
It lives in your nerve stems and never goes away. It just waits until your immune system is low enough to spread again.
Right, so would the vaccine help then?