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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine1 H2 g z8 i- v- x) w- ?
(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.
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3 G8 w, T+ g, IDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.
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( V; g6 o" a' N' i"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."- s' B5 A& u# J5 u$ Q5 u- s7 @
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.5 z3 p* z2 E# j& t, V' w/ F
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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.
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. R1 R* Z7 ]; c. y4 F" j: U# ?. s* TAll 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.- {7 a; t. H" Y# I* b6 p
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5 F. P3 j# G$ g! s9 ^& R, Z: eButler-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.: ?- j+ K' W, g9 U* c
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website." i7 @) ~' N1 O( O0 W
; Q& x* j- [+ {8 T6 e4 q1 x( \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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