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    In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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      In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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      viaducting wrote:

      I is confused.

      The NHS itself is sometimes confused. :)

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        In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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        There is always a catch to freebies. By the time the receptionist answers the phone... happy birthday, that'l be £7.90.

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          In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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          http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/who-can-have-the-shingles-vaccine.aspx[^]

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            http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/who-can-have-the-shingles-vaccine.aspx[^]

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            IIUC, I guess those aged 71 are pretty fucked up if they stick to the 70/79. I mean, should I really wait 8 years to get the vaccine ? :confused:

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              IIUC, I guess those aged 71 are pretty fucked up if they stick to the 70/79. I mean, should I really wait 8 years to get the vaccine ? :confused:

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              The bit that worries me is the "It's perfectly safe" comment - this coming from a government agency makes me assume that it is a form of euthanasia...

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                IIUC, I guess those aged 71 are pretty fucked up if they stick to the 70/79. I mean, should I really wait 8 years to get the vaccine ? :confused:

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                There is a huge number of people in their 70's. An example is that there are over 4 million people in their 70's who still hold UK driving licenses, and that number I suspect is a proportion of those in their 70's. So I guess it would be a difficult to plan and organise for that number in any one year let alone how expensive it would be to vaccinate them all.

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                  There is a huge number of people in their 70's. An example is that there are over 4 million people in their 70's who still hold UK driving licenses, and that number I suspect is a proportion of those in their 70's. So I guess it would be a difficult to plan and organise for that number in any one year let alone how expensive it would be to vaccinate them all.

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                  I perfectly understood that. I was merely pointing out that the people aged 71 will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

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                    I perfectly understood that. I was merely pointing out that the people aged 71 will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

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                    At this sort of age, a lifetime.

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                      I perfectly understood that. I was merely pointing out that the people aged 71 will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

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                      Rage wrote:

                      will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

                      Yes, I agree. And from this [^] a higher rate in the 70 age group could suggest that the NHS is wrong to discriminate those aged between 71 and 78.

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                        The bit that worries me is the "It's perfectly safe" comment - this coming from a government agency makes me assume that it is a form of euthanasia...

                        The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                        Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox; it just manifests itself much more severely as you get older. AFAIK the vaccine is the same one that you give your kids so you can put your tin foil hat away.

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                          In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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                          Yes, I saw this recently and am equally confused about it.

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                            In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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                            That is confusing because I got a shingles vaccination last year!

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                              In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79. Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80? I is confused.

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