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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine" g* O# G* G* L/ u# N
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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' d7 ^$ o8 f& l' C8 ^' b/ @OTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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" ~6 ^' Q- l. W ]8 rDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.6 s' B/ v! c. k! [; j+ ^
) W5 T* I U5 E* a- q) R S! P"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."8 J5 ~" _+ s( ~5 U9 P4 I
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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$ b& P' a% m) ^% i" X. YOne 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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All 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.
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: j+ y0 Y1 A. `4 p' pA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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) B' D0 Z7 Q9 jButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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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.
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/ o1 G6 A( M& w, v9 A: vThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.& e0 p( b! b% L0 O3 e/ w
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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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