联邦公共卫生官承认，一人死于H1N1流感疫苗

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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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# R: c9 f) f. q* Z  zOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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2 C4 Q7 z5 z' g( L9 q2 RDr. 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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' {. [' R% q: S"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."

More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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4 s  g. w. m! W' qOne 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.

3 W# y8 a! E! d2 l7 b( `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.

A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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; S9 u6 U( b! FButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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( ?& e6 h/ y. ?- W$ W8 ~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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: N/ s0 t4 ~( P) N4 SThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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# H2 Z0 M8 f5 O  PSo far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year.

Marlin

再有几个，有人就要辞职了。