Shingles vaccine found to cut dementia risk by 20%

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Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20%. The findings bolster a growing body of research linking the vaccine to lower numbers of dementia cases.

Someone go sufficiently far back in time and jab RFK’s kid before it’s too late for the rest of us!