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Anyone like me and at 66 have to wait until 70 for a shingles vacination?

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welbeck Sun 12-Nov-23 14:26:19

i guess it's the fact that it's changed, just as some of us were due to get it.
like sisyphus.

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Theexwife Sun 12-Nov-23 14:23:26

I suppose a date has to be set somewhere, in this case you have to be 65 after a certain date, whatever date is decided it will not include people of a certain age, the same happened when the pension age increased.

You can have one but will cost £450 for the two doses.

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welbeck Sun 12-Nov-23 14:23:14

not a hope, i reckon. we are stuck.
guess it's due to some actuarial calculation as to how much money it will save.
is nearly £500 to get both doses privately.

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grassgreen Sun 12-Nov-23 14:09:36

I'm not understanding the logic of now giving shingles jabs to 65 year olds but not 66 to 69 year olds. Has anyone appealed to their GP and got the jab?

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