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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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+ K! L& Y& y# rOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.* v3 H0 k. `; h1 o
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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.9 {" W0 J+ f P* m, p
: H: `/ @3 z: m9 c"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.
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5 i1 r. A @; L7 WAll 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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' x0 P2 _" o; X/ Q* O" ]' uA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.3 c( \0 e8 S" [! N( k2 R) E4 Q
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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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! {, Q8 }5 y x- W! P& `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.
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- j8 K7 f9 `8 l& s6 \The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.7 y1 ^9 Y9 i* N0 I7 K+ j& u2 E
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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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