I had been meaning to do this for a long time and finally got around to it. It's not free for people in my age group but it turns out my insurance from work covered the cost and I just paid an injection fee.

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Infections cause storms of cytokines and an immunes response that can rapidly increase reactive oxygen load in the brain. In younger people, this is dealt with by mitochondria, but one of the hallmarks of human ageing is reduced mitochondrial efficiency.

So the avoidance of any infection over 65 is beneficial.

No, this is not a wealth effect, the data comes from NHS free vaccine policy that included people or excluded people born a week apart.

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