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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine! ~+ O. B; l2 ]9 T
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i& E5 h, U, w" C9 {OTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.0 ? R! ^' K! Q- G, R
: V9 Y, w2 a1 F$ ^% q: hDr. 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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4 D1 \$ ?8 q0 `/ o ^) Q( M& x"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.! R9 |4 a, B3 o9 N
& [( B" r) j! L) N; {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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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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2 g4 S( J# R/ `+ MA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.3 r/ G5 ~3 y. a6 S# t" N
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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.4 y) X7 k; h+ b- o' r [. o
0 _: M! Y! `4 g, jMild 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.) N3 q3 P3 r t; K5 f
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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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