# Talk:Shingles

The intro says About half of those living to age 85 will have at least one attack, and fewer than 5% will have more than one attack.
While the article says:
in a cohort of 1,000 people who lived to the age of 85, approximately 500 (i.e., 50%) would have at least one attack of shingles, and 10 (i.e., 1%) would have at least two attacks.
Although there is no contradiction, there is considerable tention between these statements. fewer than 5% give the impression that the prevalence is close to 5%, while the only investigation mentioned found 1%. 
It seems that the intro statement is not a reasonable part of a summary of the body of the article. Ettrig (talk) 15:28, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Note 13: Page Not Found Blackjackdavee (talk) 03:19, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

The lead is quite long, with five meaty paragraphs. I don't have time to condense it myself, but it would probably improve the page if someone could cut it down to the most important information. Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 22:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

I read this article because I'm just going through a bout of shingles myself at the moment. What an amazing piece of work—Wikipedia at its finest. It has made me feel proud to be even a tiny part of a collaboration that can produce something as good as this. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to it. Niggle1892 (talk) 11:36, 10 June 2025 (UTC)