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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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1 \0 ] I7 U5 C! C. z5 nOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot., n3 \6 M$ O' O) M' @ q
* n1 I1 |, d9 j' k5 O( JDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.# \5 N7 M9 T) R8 Q' g% m: h
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"With any vaccination campaign, we expect to see some cases of serious adverse events," he said. "They are very rare, but they are part of all mass-vaccination campaigns and we expect to see a small number of them."
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) F Y$ I. d. r% S2 W3 bMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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( ]% o% j6 B% N7 ^9 ZOne person is believed to have died from a serious reaction to the vaccine, Butler-Jones said, but the death hasn't yet been conclusively linked to the flu shot. He said it's possible the elderly person who died suffered from an underlying condition.
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$ f) T6 ~% B, K2 C0 _2 b( AAll the serious side effects came after shots of the adjuvanted vaccine, which contains a compound to boost the vaccine's potency. Butler-Jones said that's likely because the vast majority of people being vaccinated are getting the adjuvanted vaccine.9 X! \9 w: E& t, v# Z
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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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& G; J- e1 D G9 W; i1 UButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.% a# `% m3 v) b; h; w- |$ n4 L& s
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Mild effects, such as nausea, soreness, headaches and fever, are far more common reactions to the swine-flu shot - just as they are for all vaccines., s- ?5 b; m) c. O2 H
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website., v0 C3 u) i& Y+ y
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So far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year. |
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