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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine, o# x- C6 Z8 s# r/ V3 M
(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., l5 n% ~" W0 b( J
$ J; U6 C' W. L. CDr. 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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1 r. u: i( [. x- I j* j {"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.: b) g4 P* d/ }4 l6 E
) R. e1 I6 }) G9 E# rOne 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.* H! k# N/ u4 ~( O, S1 Z
* v+ `6 ]5 z1 Q r9 v' kAll 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.7 ]' i" X' N$ W" Q) L# n
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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.% _0 ^4 H6 F% D$ O/ ~
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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.3 t% w9 X0 f- ^- O3 R
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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.2 K" R* ]! v" Y' S. _7 h
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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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