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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine" W$ x' J, R, Z( y2 M- N( s5 i9 d; o/ `
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2 Q; [. {# i5 m: [3 COTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.* q# i- W. s. [1 F( y
1 @. D. X6 I [3 K3 p0 m( p7 J- b5 dDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.% d6 }8 V' u+ `$ n
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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."- V4 ?* w# ?8 x4 u5 ]2 J2 Z5 L4 d+ g
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.9 n1 j U- }$ k! _6 ^1 a
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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.2 {3 s9 |% a$ ~' L
8 P, J$ u, F: _/ LAll 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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" E( q, k5 ^5 e) U, t8 I$ cA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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, I) i4 k* A; q1 D. L* kButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.) g ]! z. |- F- |
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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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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.: L( X& i7 J- s7 z: U/ {
7 }4 H- y8 E! D3 eSo 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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