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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine' B) _- F" O$ z2 {
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+ }) H c" K, v: p% _! R4 jOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.; |& N7 v8 ^) f' r4 S3 y
8 h4 `: T$ o: H0 `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.( X4 \: s( m) l/ P$ v8 a7 F5 j
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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."3 R4 W) } f2 V9 M/ t ~
$ g; ?8 r0 A8 Q" I u2 B1 R/ |* dMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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+ j/ W* b- b3 [2 F4 lOne 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.% h2 y Q" P: U' r' h; o
/ p0 o M* R, \4 q9 N- t 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.
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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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- f9 O% Y& b0 k& AButler-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.0 o Q8 T: Q! t' m. f
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website./ _+ c- Y# T6 Q/ s; A4 [
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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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