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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine( _2 \ a9 R' w
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/ Z; [$ W$ S0 U( g: EOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.0 B; s, r4 x6 I: z" |3 \+ Q
' Q w# i; \, g9 @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."6 ~' e: l2 p. O" Y
% ]& {, ]( P+ a/ {; rMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.2 D; E$ D# V( j9 c: r0 b
) I2 l; w. C3 f- n* [* r" O. ^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.2 i1 |& f4 ~( ^8 A1 @
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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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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.' W0 @7 M( V# v: P
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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.* u" t3 o- F/ f5 ^1 [
- c* U9 W" l# @$ }3 H, eMild 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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1 t- Z6 z& g4 l0 A/ C0 AThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.5 B& t, X1 k& z" \' x3 K# u* m
: s6 d3 W; D/ W7 ^3 M4 @6 SSo 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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