General Discussion

Shingles is caused by a herpes related virus- varicella roster... once you have chicken pox it goes into your nervous system and is dormant, it can come out at any time from lowered immunity, stress etc. The vaccine will suppress a reactivation for 7-10 years. Both my father and brother had shingles but they had mild cases. My brother just got his shot, so yes. It also costs $500 without coverage, so better to get it now before they start trying to nix not only many vaccines but also medicare and coverage for them most likely.

If you didn't have chicken pox but had the vaccine, you are somewhat protected but not completely so it's still recommended to have the shingles vaccine: Shingrix, which is different than the chicken pox vaccine: Varicella.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/varicella-zoster-virus

https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/shingles/fact_sheet.htm#:~:text=What%20is%20shingles?,a%20vaccine%20to%20prevent%20shingles.