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
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1 B& h% Y% u( H2 U- m: OOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.

% h/ G$ V# X# o9 XDr. 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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! w1 |9 i/ A" V"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."

. s8 V9 c$ |# x; H5 |( f, b& jMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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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.

" Y- }% F6 J4 g# Y3 MAll 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.

0 L& T( A: J) ^9 {8 w' L: y2 A! jA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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! y9 P# a0 L. v3 O& j, RButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.

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.

/ `$ g( ]6 B) _7 sThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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' D/ _6 y/ L* E6 vSo 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。