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by steverb 1884 days ago
Wait... the second dose of the covid vaccine protects you from shingles? This is news to me.

Does anyone have a source for that? My quick google search doesn't give me any results that aren't about the Shingrix vaccine.
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rafram 1884 days ago
They’re comparing second-dose no-shows for the COVID vaccine with second-dose no-shows for the Shingrix vaccine. They’re not saying that the COVID vaccine protects you from shingles (it doesn’t).
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steverb 1884 days ago
Yeah, I need to make a personal rule about posting questions before I've had any caffeine.
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steverb 1884 days ago
Nevermind, I see that I misread, they are comparing second shot rates of covid against second shot rates of the shingles vaccine.
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