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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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. m# G! b! n. {! X/ y2 nOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.- K8 @. I4 t( Z2 k/ j
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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.4 S! z; s8 w; d7 z, w6 z" Y* V/ ?
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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."" I# z* A9 ^3 a- F5 J1 h
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.* |# f2 s0 S1 H0 ^8 p' B& c
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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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- g6 d; K1 r8 r/ n- L& ~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.; Z2 U" I7 B8 i+ o9 Y3 Q- a
, K7 p$ z. {- h4 K, Q/ UA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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% M1 C/ f( k) IButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.: F* n: m( {% q( o6 @
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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.. X# I: Z. R' F% Y# E0 N R# L
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.# C; q0 P! x' f
+ D$ _( n9 N' a2 V! [ L, u" h3 D7 fSo 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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