

Should I get the Shingles Vaccine?
That’s a question that I’ve been asked a lot lately. Let’s take a look at the facts, not all of the commercial hype. Shingles is formerly known as Herpes Zoster and it’s a reactivation of the chickenpox virus (varicella zoster). It can only occur in people who have either had the virus or been vaccinated for the virus, because then the virus is dormant inside a person. Shingles appears as a rash or cluster of blisters along one side of the body. It is itchy, burning, tinglin