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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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" Z8 y* L; M; K8 hOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.7 ?3 ]+ k* E: V! @
8 y5 a' G) e/ M" uDr. 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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"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."8 Q: x2 j& u$ Z! y9 b6 a* z
4 B& \, m+ W8 ] {* j9 yMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths. q* x9 K6 a) v$ M4 v
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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.( ]* P1 X5 g% O) W
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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.
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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.: [% \ f1 a, y& n2 v6 k
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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.
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4 d! {/ L: y2 n, V9 O" J JSo 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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