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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine: n! o% O! x# D
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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OTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.7 P, V# i' t& i" |2 k, N9 Z5 ~
8 S2 e5 l4 u/ gDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.# m3 N1 X: P& W
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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." N% B( q: ~+ J( c
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths." ?; |+ }' h9 e& N, `6 i/ k0 l) t
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One 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.% V* U4 D+ n" ~( F
$ E' ?2 L. ?" r; NAll 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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" B: I" `7 c+ _$ Z, wA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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Butler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions., U2 o' [: \3 _" z
2 Q+ ^% ?* m& x7 @4 ^8 y" r7 XMild 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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) q9 @5 T6 u" ~6 hThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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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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