Sunday, April 06, 2025

Pharmacy worker: "I can tell from all the way over here, that you are NOT the age for the shingles vaccine." Me: "Well then, what IS the age for the shingles vaccine?" Pharmacy worker: "50 and above!" So why does 50 need to be the minimum age for a shingles vaccine?

 

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Pharmacy worker: "I can tell from all the way over here, that you are NOT the age for the shingles vaccine." Me: "Well then, what IS the age for the shingles vaccine?" Pharmacy worker: "50 and above!" So why does 50 need to be the minimum age for a shingles vaccine?

I don't like to procrastinate as often as I used to back in my college years, so I would like to get all vaccines out of the way. So why must I wait until 50 to get a shingles vaccine?

By the way, is that only a Dillons Pharmacy policy or is that the policy of all pharmacies across America?

Moreover, how did he know I wasn't a 50-or-above gentlemen who had plastic surgery to look younger? Can older gentlemen who have had plastic surgery to look younger, be told apart from genuinely younger gentleman?

  

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[–]SleepyKoalaBear4812 6 points  

The vaccine is only tested and approved for people 50 and up.

[–]Berly2300 1 point  

Under 50, some insurance plans won't pay for it. I paid $300 for each of the two shots needed a few years ago. Of course , 6 mths later BCBS started covering it on my plan. Cost prevents a lot of people getting it done for 50. After 20 yrs of 1-2 outbreaks a year I was ready.

[–]Zestyclose-Beach3849 1 point  

You can get it under 50 if you are immunocompromised.

[–]Ill-Pound-4696 1 point  

It was my understanding that one needed to have chicken pox first. If one has not had chickenpox it was impossible to get shingles.

[–]FishNuggetSiren 1 point  

You can get shingles if you’ve received the chickenpox vaccine.

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