# Is the new shingles vaccine finally plentiful in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826 "2020-10-25T12:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/21 "2021-01-07T23:01:28Z")
Yesterday I got the second of the two Shingrix shots. Unlike last time, this time I feel pretty lousy. I’m cold and achy and sickly feeling. But like last time, my arm is horribly sore - maybe even sorer. ---
**Author:** ![NBYodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@NBYodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBYodo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/22 "2021-01-14T10:07:40Z")
I guess I’m out of the loop. Is shingles rampant / particularly bad this year? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/23 "2021-01-15T17:16:59Z")
I got the first shingles shot last summer when I went to the doctor for my annual checkup. It was one of those “you’ve reached that age now…” things more than there being an outbreak or anything. I went back in October for the second shot along with my flu shot. And yes, my arm was sore for several days both times. But I never felt bad otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/24 "2021-01-15T17:33:54Z")
Got my second dose Wednesday evening. No delay or difficulty finding locations or scheduling. On my second day of soreness and overall feeling a bit more miserable than the first time around. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/25 "2021-01-15T20:24:27Z")
> [@NBYodo](#): > > Is shingles rampant / particularly bad this year? Shingles doesn’t really work that way; it’s a resurgence in a different form of an infection you had many years ago. I don’t think whether one person gets shingles is in any way connected to whether other people in the area are getting shingles; it’s connected to whether they had chickenpox as a child, which pretty much everybody who’s now old enough did. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/26 "2021-01-16T14:41:49Z")
I had shingles about 10 years ago. It started off with a sore back, which progressively led to each night being more and more difficult to get a good nights sleep because of the chronic dulling pain. I noticed the rash on my chest. But didn’t know it was shingles. That dull pain eventually got to what felt like a literal ice pick jammed about 1.5" into my back. Rash developed into pustules. Couldn’t take it any more and went to the ER, “You have shingles” Doctor gave me an script for the shingles and offered me two different types of pain meds. I said give me the strongest one. I think it was hydrocodone, was suppose to take two, but popped four. Was so relieved to be able to finally sleep. Thankfully, I didn’t get on my face because my chest is scared from it. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/27 "2021-01-16T22:28:16Z")
I guess the vaccine is available now around me, as I got both my shots some weeks back. Little discomfort, maybe some slight soreness and temp elevated just enough to barely notice. No complaints here! ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/28 "2021-01-17T23:47:06Z")
I was trying to get it for quite awhile, but no one had it. Have now had both shots. Ten years ago I was hospitalized for shingles on my face. They were worried I’d lose an eye. I have scarring on my forehead and numbness still on my temple. My dad had shingles three times. Any soreness and fatigue is nothing compared to shingles. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/29 "2021-01-17T23:51:45Z")
Yep, I got it, the side effects are not nice for a few hours, but worth it. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/30 "2021-01-18T10:52:18Z")
Missed this thread first time around. I got both shots last year, no reaction at all, not even at the injection site. All medical stuff should be this painless. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/31 "2021-05-08T17:12:25Z")
I just got my first vaccination yesterday when I went to my doctor’s office for a check-up. I’m having worse side effects than I did to Pfizer’s COVID vacc! First was the sore arm now it’s as if I caught a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/32 "2021-05-08T17:21:47Z")
It’s common to have these side effects with Shingrix. It’s worth it, from all reports I’ve heard about how nasty Shingles can be. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/33 "2021-05-08T17:30:19Z")
The second Shingles was, for me, worse than either Pfizer ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/34 "2021-05-08T17:35:10Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > It’s worth it, from all reports I’ve heard about how nasty Shingles can be. No doubt. Better to be a little miserable now than _really_ miserable later. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/35 "2021-05-08T19:14:38Z")
My younger sister actually had shingles in her late twenties…on her upper back. Said it hurt like HELL. I got my shingrex several years ago – maybe as long as five years – and the second shot was worse than the first. My arm hurt BAD for days, and I felt a little flu-ish. The second Moderna shot was worse though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826/36 "2021-05-09T02:35:36Z")
Same here. Both had flu like symptoms, but the Shingex lasted longer and worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-shingles-vaccine-finally-plentiful-in-your-area/923826.md?page=1)