联邦公共卫生官承认，一人死于H1N1流感疫苗

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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
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3 V8 c6 ?" B8 A( Q/ C- o8 G1 cOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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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.

  H. V/ j" n  E% P"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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: D$ R7 T( T% G) O/ C% K$ Q* `More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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& C5 \6 g; C7 v4 |0 e2 R$ Y5 X3 f6 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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! r7 M' B3 g2 H( w, {2 ZAll 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.

- @+ v5 |: O( D8 c2 e2 n5 a1 n+ @8 TA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
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; i$ U, B5 G1 e! k& D% K! ], c6 dButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.

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.

The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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$ A/ Y$ `# t* n# P2 y) M7 TSo far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year.

Marlin

再有几个，有人就要辞职了。