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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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6 @* j! o% d0 x5 H+ Z5 X' MOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.# ]" f. K, k* l7 t
, ]+ I' E( C" L- A( l9 h& rDr. 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."; h1 |) a. F3 q# ~
1 V9 ^% a* a2 u7 e0 BMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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Y# j2 `. y4 w# d. k1 R% _- COne 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.- v" M. u5 O, S5 Y# ^" f- i- n
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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.' I6 A m" }" Z) Q5 [2 D5 z; t5 E
) M3 P+ ?" _: u. z+ E* xA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women." K: \9 e6 i$ g4 r
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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./ V" H3 Z \% w% k- N/ d% w
& @# @0 s. q3 t4 y" S7 I2 BMild 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.; |7 Q' Z* e/ m9 C* R+ p R
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.5 U5 `: E9 K- j4 V, z
% q7 ~+ ^" |, _3 K; USo 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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