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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine% ?/ w8 \4 F# r9 y/ y
(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.; K8 k* k& Z' k9 u. |& i" J
6 G. v, k5 u$ D- i1 ~5 yDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.. v. |# X9 Y! m9 V# X* J# H0 P
# a9 e) i# k' {"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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h3 u( e" K @! M1 E" IMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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! Q1 Y4 t& B1 {% b8 kOne 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.: G |3 T/ `# T4 G- h5 o
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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., ]% _2 g5 w0 E* N8 v% P8 N
( b$ F0 c. T! F: u& 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.6 o x5 Z' J% O1 L, o5 ?
! v* Y# g: c0 G+ ~1 t9 P3 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.6 t/ G! p# W9 g! h
1 _! B. {: Y# X3 AThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.' R; Z, d7 N ~ |$ x; t/ J" {
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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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