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Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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231 points cachecrab | 5 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 4.078s | source
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wonderwonder ◴[27 Jun 22 20:20 UTC] No.31900239[source]▶
Never gotten the flu vaccine before. Biggest fear in life is alzheimers. Guess I will get the flu vaccine annually going forward.
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1. wincy ◴[27 Jun 22 20:28 UTC] No.31900343[source]▶
The also allude to “other vaccines” in this article. Googled it and they mean the pneumococcal vaccines also gave a protective effect. So maybe get those. If you just tell your doctor you’re an alcoholic they’ll give it to you.
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2. ncmncm ◴[28 Jun 22 01:38 UTC] No.31903145[source]▶
Not just those. Tdap shows a 40% effect size, too. Better get your shingles and/or chicken pox, too.
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3. loeg ◴[28 Jun 22 01:52 UTC] No.31903244[source]▶
Chicken pox and shingles are the same virus. If you've had chickenpox, they won't give you that vaccine. But you should definitely get the shingles vaccine either way, if possible (CDC is still denying it to adults under 50, even though shingles affects adults under 50).
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4. ncmncm ◴[28 Jun 22 02:20 UTC] No.31903407{3}[source]▶
Your facts are opposite to reality.

If you had chicken pox (even asymptomatic), that puts you at especial risk for shingles; not surprisingly, as it is a retrovirus.

I had chicken pox, and got the shingles vaccine. They did not ask.

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5. loeg ◴[28 Jun 22 14:14 UTC] No.31907940{4}[source]▶
Not everyone who has had chicken pox is aware they’ve had it. That’s why everyone should get the shingles vaccine.