This intriguing nation-wide analysis!https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.23.23290253v1is garnering headlines with a “natural randomization” comparing those one week younger than the cut off for herpes zoster (aka Shingles) vaccination with a vaccine uptake of roughly 50% to those one week older than the vaccination cut off demonstrating receipt of the herpes zoster vaccine reduces the risk of a new dementia diagnosis by 20% within the 7-year follow-up, particularly among women. | Eyting, medRxiv 2023