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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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. k4 S# {6 G0 ?1 T3 y' j: f1 B i gOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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; i* V; O; F1 z6 D# c) v# DDr. 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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+ Y1 L+ n- l& f7 D; i* S( P"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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- v& A2 m$ T' | ?6 i# ?More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.; A9 y! d+ q _: k" I E
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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.
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; {' p6 g$ J. z+ m1 @( PAll 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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5 l! j s! D1 h5 iA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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8 W K" o0 c G9 F6 a' S2 NButler-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.
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website." P2 b4 {: W' Y) d
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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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