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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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! B- P* K' P& W( \$ h8 K4 MOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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7 `- @7 L; V2 R, E3 A$ YDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.3 j# R6 m( W6 z9 _! l }5 `/ p
. f" q& t. L: {- A5 I3 \/ z M"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.# U) ?7 S) A/ E/ _
8 r8 Y, u# a: X% C: vOne 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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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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/ e: j1 X; c* t# P" GA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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; Q* I7 B Y4 B" K5 U- G5 X7 ~) iButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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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.* P5 K% T: t5 ]9 t2 W" Z
# z9 Y+ N O( l7 K- CThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website. q+ ?$ A, j# U. M. t
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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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