The Backward Logic of Chickenpox Parties
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/chickenpox-parties-and-the-pre-vaccine-internet/
The Backward Logic of Chickenpox Parties
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/chickenpox-parties-and-the-pre-vaccine-internet/
@shansterable also, getting shingles is pretty terrible even if it's not life threatening. Can confirm. Direct nerve stimulation ain't fun.
the study about #Shingrix protecting from the brain decay of #Alzheimer's #dementia was done at Oxford University and, interesting enough, the benefit was more conclusive in women:
New shingles vaccine could reduce risk of dementia | Oxford University - https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-07-25-new-shingles-vaccine-could-reduce-risk-dementia
link to the paper:
The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia | Nature Medicine - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03201-5
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The new recombinant shingles vaccine βShingrixβ is associated with a reduced risk of dementia compared to an earlier shingles vaccine, according to a major new study published in Nature Medicine. It is also more protective than vaccines against other infections.
IN OTHER NEWS
got the first of my #shingles #vaccines and:
1. did not know innoculation is broken into two parts. in another 2 months i will get the second round.
2. even though i prepared for the βflu-like symptomsβ side-effects, i haven't had the flu in so long i forgot how bad it feels.
but i don't care. the evidence is too stacked in favor of the vaccine being a major deterrent in the development of #Alzheimer's #dementia.
so if yβall did not know you need a 2nd shot, go get it.
RE: https://zeroes.ca/@mloxton/116569952564180581
#MAHA #MAGA IS A DEATH CULT, evidence kabillion squared.
get your #shingles #vaccines. there is strong evidence of the connection between the virus (#chickenpox turned #herpes zoster) and #Alzheimer's induced #dementia.
βBy reducing the chance that the #varicella-zoster virus - which causes chickenpox - can reactivate into shingles, the vaccine may combat virus-generated inflammation and sticky protein formation that's implicated in Alzheimer's diseaseβ
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/shingles-vaccine-may-protect-against-dementia