Shringrix has adjuvants. Additives that irritate tissues and cause inflammation, which seems to be necessary to provoke a strong immune response. That additional efficacy with inflammation is why back in the day your smallpox vaccination was made with a little forked needle to make a good welt.
The problem is chemical adjuvants can make you develop an immune system reaction to random other self tissues. Autoimmune diseases can take years to emerge, are difficult to identify and diagnose, and almost never have a root cause proven.
I get shingles outbreaks but so far just a few itch areas and blisters. But I dread autoimmune diseases. So I refuse Shingrix.
They gave a lot of soldiers in Gulf War 1 an experimental anthrax vaccine loaded with em,then later denied the vets medical benefits for Gulf War Syndrome was because the diseases they ended up with did not fit a simple symptom list.
One big reason adjuvants are used is to lessen the amount of antigen need to get a good reaction, so the vaccines are cheaper to manufacture.
I’m not an antivaxer either but I am very wary of adjuvants. Actually some of the problems with MRNA vaccines may also have to do with adjuvants. Some people think that there is graphene in some of them as an adjuvant.
Very informative. Thank you.