General Discussion

There's no need to go over the stats for the COVID vaccine. We all know it. But SHINGRIX is now on the chopping block too? My god.

Shingles is a horrible virus and can sometimes have long term consequences. And guess what? Just as the mRNA technology they are so anxious to kill is showing vast promise for curing cancer, the shingles vaccine is looking more and more like a preventative for dementia:

A new study suggests that the vaccine for shingles may also be protective against dementia--findings that Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Alberto Ascherio calls "promising."

Ascherio, professor of epidemiology and nutrition, was among the experts quoted in a Dec. 2 Washington Post article about the study, which was led by researchers at Stanford University. (Ascherio was not involved.) Leveraging a natural experiment in Wales, researchers compared the cognitive outcomes of two groups of older adults--one that received the shingles vaccine, and another that didn't because they missed the eligibility cutoff. The study found that, among the vaccinated, those who remained cognitively healthy were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, and those who did develop dementia were nearly 30% less likely to die from it over the course of nine years.

The results "suggest that there is a slowing of this degenerative process," Ascherio told the Post. More research is needed to confirm the findings--but the study is a particularly strong one, Ascherio and others pointed out, because of its randomized controlled nature.

But sure, let's keep the information from the American people because some crank with a brain worm and his addled followers read something on YouTube.