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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine5 j; r, g+ S6 x5 ~& z" ^
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. U, `- w; K7 Q# H% x# ]5 C' ?9 YOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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3 h# q* z6 j* s1 ?( w" E( `$ ODr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.; o5 B `# P/ [5 J0 H
6 F2 a9 f& I. d' q: E"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.
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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 O4 y7 {& u" p- y& M! ~, C4 y- F7 o
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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., \8 ^5 u, Z* P) G" `9 J! U8 s$ Q
1 G3 x% Q1 F& `" XA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.- @8 V4 u- h$ n9 f; t9 P9 I9 a) |
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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.! |. l, |5 @* I/ e# |
: v( x0 r( }+ FMild 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.
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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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