St.Mary's wrote:
Couple of years ago I got a case of shingles (bothersome at worst). Went to a doctor who confirmed that I had shingles. I protested, "How can that be? I've had the shingles shot", (the old one). He replied, "that just mitigated the severity." What a phrase! Mitigated the severity! It was almost worth getting shingles to hear "mitigated the severity". Unfortunately, not really a useful phrase. Try working in those three words during a conversation. Oh yes, I have since had the latest and greatest shingles shot.
Couple of years ago I got a case of shingles (both... (
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This seems to be the popular way to say that vaccines don't prevent illness.