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Stephanie Nielsen's avatar

Excellent summary and fair balanced information. As a clinical pharmacist and former medical researcher I appreciate your style. While I give and often recommend Shingrix I have refused it for myself. I lead a very low carb antiinflammatory lifestyle and find the less pharma I put in the less I have to detox from. Thanks again! I will be quoting your article with my patients so they can make an informed personal decison.

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Jennifer Smith, PhD's avatar

I appreciate your feedback. It is a lot of information to digest and can be very technical so I tried to distill it down in a way people can easily understand. In my opinion these recombinant "vaccines" are very dangerous due to the bacterial toxins that are used as adjuvants.

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Rick's avatar

I’m a Pharm. D. I vote NO (to most vaccines)

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Jennifer Smith, PhD's avatar

do you administer vaccines to customers?

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Rick's avatar

No, I prefer not to do that.

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GeoffPainPhD's avatar

Australian research on Shingrix presented at June 2025 conference

https://geoffpain.substack.com/p/shingrix-jabbees-have-15-times-increased

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Jennifer Smith, PhD's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. I recall when the first shingles vaccine came out and a doctor suggested I get it. I told her I would look into it. After doing some research, I discovered that the "vaccine" would increase the likelihood of getting shingles if you had already had chickenpox. It was a hard pass for me. I believe all these recombinant "vaccines" are problematic due to the bacterial toxins. It's no surprise all these babies are dying given they are being injected with bacterial toxins at such high levels; they are most likely dying of septic shock.

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Jane Geraci's avatar

remember that there are good data showing a spike in covid infection in the first 2 weeks after the covid shot also. I am not surprised by this shingles vax study--will definitely look at it. In my experience, patients are more willing to get Shingrix if they know someone who suffered with shingles, and less likely if they know someone who had adverse effects of the vaccine--no surprise there!

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Rick's avatar

Not only a spike in Covid infections following the vaccine, but according to the data Pfizer was forced to release to the public, over 1,200 deaths related to the vaccine within the first 2 months on the market.

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GeoffPainPhD's avatar

Hello Jane. Vaccine Interference is common.

https://geoffpain.substack.com/p/us-military-knowingly-weakening-the

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Dr Christine Dewbury's avatar

Excellent analysis. Similar critical and unbiased analyses should be available for all vaccines in order that patients may give fully informed consent of dissent to all vaccinations.

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Jennifer Smith, PhD's avatar

Let me know which one would be a priority for you to learn more about and I will put on my list for analysis.

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The Mean Well-Bean's avatar

Manage your stress..that can activate/ trigger an outbreak.

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Jennifer Smith, PhD's avatar

If the virus is already in you, then I agree that good nutrition and stress reduction techniques will go a long way to keeping VZV in check.

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Jane Geraci's avatar

thank you for this summary. I am a practicing general internist and my patients are mostly elderly--I discuss this vaccine with such patients--it is the only one I currently recommend for my adults (but many go get whatever vaccine is recommended for them anyway--at the pharmacy--which is totally fine). Some people have already had shingles--not sure the shot does anything for them. I have had a number of patients and friends who have had a miserable time with shingles and also developed post-herpetic neuralgia afterward, this can last for several years or more. I feel the people who do the worst with shingles are the very elderly--I'm not sure healthy 50- or 60-somethings ought to get this. I also advise them to get evaluated right away if they do develop shingles as antiviral tx might be helpful for them.

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Rick's avatar

I am a Pharm. D. This was very well researched and written. And like Stephanie who is a clinical RPh, I choose not to vaccinate for a number of reasons. Thank you!

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Jeanette Johnson's avatar

I’ve had single’s twice, 1st time was about 40 years ago, the pain was excruciating, 2nd was this past January and it was miner compared too the first time. The first time my Doctor gave me a prescription for 30 days and $700.00 later I was fine. But that’s when doctors actually cared, not like now where they continue to push the CV vax.

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Alann Smith's avatar

Thank you for all the information you provide and the effort it takes , I think its difficult to detail how appreciative myself and I am sure many others feel about your contribution to the welfare of humanity , humble thank you again, Alann , someone who is now aware of and questions any and many medical recommendations particularly since 2020 hype and count myself fortunate that I was not forced to take any jabs thanks to my work situation and that most of my immediate family was in a similar position.

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