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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine. @- y o. I4 v/ u' m R
(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.
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% h8 |& d7 `) Q) N# J8 a+ K, }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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"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* w4 R+ i. M" ]
6 U+ p* D9 G+ H! \/ G6 u7 IMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.& ~9 u" R5 D7 D: ~+ `; \3 U1 {4 r
9 F8 ^& L3 ~' BOne 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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, w" l# m) y7 e8 P$ }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.2 d9 c9 d2 R j* w) |- w! P
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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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( \7 c& V. Y: ~$ k# o0 Z9 @* rButler-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 B- V- i( T, K \, Z4 C9 G& CMild 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.6 p- ^: b1 ]+ M# T7 ~
$ ~ y, j5 t8 s: oThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.' J g- h( Y0 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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