28 December

Dose 1 of this today. For shingles prevention. I really believe the most important thing you can do for your long-term health is to avoid infection of any kind. Everything from heart disease to cancer is likely caused by long-term, chronic infection. Getting a flu shot for example has a dramatic impact on heart disease risk, lowering it substantially. Just wish this one was subsidised, $300 a shot, ouch. $60 back under private health cover. There are a lot less worthy things for free on the PBS right now. And as a footnote, none of us would get shingles if there hadn’t been a ridiculous idea to ‘live with’ chickenpox and deliberately infect kids, when I was young. Shingles is Long Chickenpox. And it’s now linked (it’s awful enough on its own) to stroke and heart disease too.