Gürtelrose-Impfung steht im Zusammenhang mit einer langsameren biologischen Alterung bei älteren Erwachsenen: Neben dem Schutz vor der schmerzhaften Krankheit korreliert die Gürtelrose-Impfung mit einer geringeren Entzündung, einer langsameren epigenetischen und transkriptomischen Alterung und einer insgesamt langsameren biologischen Alterung bei Amerikanern ab 70 Jahren.

Random rant: Anti-Vaxxers were all opposed to the COVID vaccines due to not being „conventional vaccines“, unlike „all the other ones.“ When pressed, they never could define what a „conventional vaccine“ actually was (because they pretty much would all exclude one or more existing accepted vaccines), but a common criteria was „keeps you from getting infected with the disease.“

They never did have a good answer for the Shingles vaccine, since it’s mainly meant to protect people who have had varicella already, and will still have it in their bodies after receiving the shingles vaccine.

Should we be getting this vaccine at a younger age now? Don’t they typically only offer it for 65+?