Shringrix is an expensive vaccine (SGD800+, no insurance) but it is 80% effective against shringles infection.

80% protection is very good already…

I wish there are such shields against other adversities like t2dm, hypertension, job loss

• Shingles vaccine is about pain, quality of life, and not about life expectancy.
• CAD is about life expectancy, not quality of life.
• Cancer is about both life expectancy and quality of life.

I feel lucky about my side effects afer second dose. A fever indicates that the body’s immune system is doing its job of responding to the vaccine. Similarly, myalgia [my-Algia] is more common after receiving the second dose, as the body continues to build stronger immunity to the virus.