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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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/ o. d. A8 D) KOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.5 {3 G k7 K2 b6 ~ h1 `8 ]
1 v1 T% v) r. }% z6 h2 NDr. 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."# R3 x5 e& B7 W
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths./ f' D$ Y2 j3 m" h5 f
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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.4 S) I8 M+ Z1 I. y! J
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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.) t. g2 j% n2 c7 Y
/ Z) b" J1 z( y; x& `A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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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.
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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.1 z5 B/ {9 R( T8 z0 E$ g6 ^) V
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.2 ~$ O$ z2 i3 }
! d$ `0 _# R% R: K2 h* i$ b( cSo 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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