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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine# l, [6 H# b% G& a8 ^+ n# L& E
(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.1 Y Z; r# y/ e
' E2 x k% T. {1 g% g0 MDr. 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."
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.0 }/ l# g# w/ u7 b& `! x
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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.( }& ^8 O* v: r3 I/ e) b% x/ J" A# u
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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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. F. J) m+ w) M u% D& t, NA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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" h0 ~5 e% L1 E n. gButler-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 x- O# C" ~: [ R
! X/ Y' V0 |9 x( q" J+ MThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website., f, r0 l2 }8 P4 K* u8 ?
" L3 `( ^3 N4 ]# Q; v6 @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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