Recently we’ve received many questions about whether to get the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine. As always, the issue is not as black and white as some would have us believe, so here we discuss what you may not read in the mainstream about the shingles vaccine. 
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that anyone over the age of 60 receive the shingles vaccine manufactured by vaccine giant Merck. CDC also says that the shingles vaccine is only 51% effective in all those over 60 years of age but this effectiveness, or efficacy, falls to 38% in those over 70.1
So what are the facts around the shingles vaccine?
1) The shingles vaccine is essentially a souped up chicken pox vaccine…
