Thanks all! Yeah, shingles is very much no fun. My last flare up was relatively mild & pretty long ago, but unpleasant enough to keep me from wanting to get it again if I can avoid it. And apparently the vaccine they have now (shingrix) is really pretty good.

I asked about it messing up any opportunities I might have to get covid & they said it's a 2-week waiting period before I could get that one.

Which is probably not going to impact my covid vax...