Silver Book Fact
1 in 2 people who live to 85 will get shingles
Around 1 in 2 people who live to be 85 will get shingles.
Schmader K. Herpes Zoster in Older Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32(10): 1481-6. http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/10/1481.full