# Have you had shingles, or gotten the shingles vaccination? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173 "2014-04-15T13:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/61 "2014-04-17T19:12:08Z")
That’s standard for disseminated herpes zoster, meaning they saw or suspected some viral action beyond the normal lession boundaries. [Shingles: Preventing VZV in Healthcare Settings | CDC](http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/hcp/HC-settings.html) Not commonly done for “just” shingles. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/62 "2014-04-17T19:52:20Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > I assume the doctors think that not everyone has had chicken pox, and a hospital wouldn’t want patients who are sick to get sicker. > > The nurses (and everyone else) put on paper overgowns and face masks every time they went in and out of the room, and threw them into the trash as they left. It was a little over the top. I was also in isolation when I had shingles. It was nice because I had no roommate, but it was a pain when I could hear the meal cart and wouldn’t get my food because they didn’t want to gown up. I’d wait for a while and then buzz and ask if it was dinner time. And once or twice when it was time for some meds I remember them opening the door and tossing them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/63 "2014-04-18T01:40:31Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > We gonna talk about asshole insurance companies? > > Our dental insurance provider came to talk to my company. She said, we cover 50% of all procedures. I said, my dentist said you guys only cover up to X. She said, yes, 50% up to X. Then I said, it’s not 50% then, you should just say “we cover up to X,” saying that you cover 50% is false advertising and illegal. So tell me, how did that work out? We’re you ignored or were you served another dish of double speak? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/64 "2014-04-18T03:20:30Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My doctor says it wouldn’t hurt for me to get one (I had shingles when I was a kid) but given the cost and the fact that it’s only effective about 65% of the time, he’s not pushing his patients to get it. My elderly mother got the vaccine in… 2011? I forget. Anyway, she’d never had shingles before. Then just a month ago she got shingles. ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/65 "2014-04-18T04:17:20Z")
Under 60, not yet vaxed, with good health insurance that will pay for it in a few years, and considering paying for it NOW. Mom and dad had shingles, and I do not want. I’ve been broken and beat up plenty, but I’ve always (with a bit of chemistry) been able to sleep a little. With shingles, mom and dad didn’t sleep for days. They said things hurt more, but not as long. I can withstand pain if I think it might end some day, and maybe with some better drugs than I’ve ever had. But if a shot will stop it, you’d be a fool to pass it up. As noted, in a coupla years, I can get a shot for free. But with 2 years to go… damn, I dunno. I’ll bet on the turn of a card, but betting on pain (and on my pain in particular), makes me reconsider the odds. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/66 "2014-04-18T04:29:40Z")
Some people, my father for instance, didn’t get much pain with shingles. Don’t, if you are one of those, denigrate those who do have severe debilitating 10/10 involvement. My dad also got his teeth drilled with no local anesthetic. He too thought everyone was a shiner or a wuss. He also got diagnosed with Asperger’s when he was 83…just wired differently. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173/67 "2014-04-18T05:35:49Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > So tell me, how did that work out? We’re you ignored or were you served another dish of double speak? “Looks like my time is up sorry!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-shingles-or-gotten-the-shingles-vaccination/686173.md?page=3)