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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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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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Dr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.9 l! o% Z) \) r* I5 W4 P& D: `
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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."
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3 B5 p: p6 M; e% |3 AMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.' f! u5 P c' g% p, B" N1 \1 u
" M8 b7 }: S9 W3 `; r* b+ DOne 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.' ~1 Y5 z% }& h% L/ [
" E8 D, X* {- J ?- J, [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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) i% Q$ w/ Y. D1 yA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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, r8 P* g5 P7 P% N: o8 xButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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6 m; O0 r# P5 Q' \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./ f8 H2 \4 |' p* c) |6 Q$ F; q% j7 `
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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+ g( }- B$ n. ~/ w8 n4 W& XSo 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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