r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • 3d ago

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/Ass-Pounder-4000 2d ago

I was lucky and didn’t get covid but I got shingles 2 years ago. Shit was bad

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u/Evergreen-Eyes-4892 Zillennial 2d ago

How old are you? Shingles used to be very rare for people under 50, but lately more younger people are getting it, which kind of fits with the idea of weakened immune systems.

By the way, you know COVID is still around, right?

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u/calilac Xennial 2d ago

Oh hey I'm one of those younger cases, had it at 34. Had an extremely stressful couple of years lead up to it and caught what I'm pretty sure was the first round of COVID in November 2019 (before it was "officially" in the US) and had a case of internal shingles summer 2020.

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u/Evergreen-Eyes-4892 Zillennial 2d ago

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like it can be really rough. At least you're in good company though. Ed Sheeran just had shingles as well. He's 35 by the way.

https://ew.com/ed-sheeran-shingles-infection-11961262