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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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OTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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2 C7 ?% ]( E" Z* tDr. 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."6 q/ Q" K' e: v7 ]
' Z2 C8 a( t; D0 w' T a: YMore 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.8 M7 N8 h$ w$ @1 h2 D1 L3 ]
4 f1 W8 r3 X" f/ S; q) F6 O4 D: m' GAll 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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, V3 l* r" u! s' e3 |& Z- Z' oA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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8 p- {" i ^5 a7 }Butler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.8 J! ~; B: }; A' l+ U) n
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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., a& C. e. y3 m- r9 L( ?- `
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.+ |8 J( ~4 S! Y1 n/ _
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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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