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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine8 o" `( Y: ^5 C/ E' g$ ?$ J3 O
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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% n$ A( J* F: c$ R# o3 `& ^( FOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.) U- U5 l! E; q* _' `9 {4 p# P
9 K4 J; c( Q3 e4 F+ R T& l1 {0 \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.
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. |( J5 I- ^9 H6 v1 b) {& t"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 i. v2 t5 J+ r/ v9 q/ l+ p
' L3 v! c# c4 o$ zMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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: R4 f9 d. G5 P* r8 |, mOne 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.
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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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! T( \2 ]+ A; K5 u3 P9 VA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.+ `+ W* n' i3 d' O
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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.
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8 D/ x# J$ g5 b! RMild 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.5 N. G3 B8 M7 [0 J; X0 K
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.% r: x2 H1 b% @
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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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