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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine6 o4 o: U( J# j/ Y
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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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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' i* h1 _+ Q6 t) c( DDr. 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."
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: {$ R) G$ t+ N( QMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.. X" `2 i6 }& T7 u
; i N" T X r& ROne 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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Y1 O, m/ _/ M" v+ b6 @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.7 z d/ N# S3 y, v7 {9 e t p5 t
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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.2 L; W) ^% B% Y' d U
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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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; K2 F. {9 K9 b4 _/ x$ XMild 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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9 F" Z6 B6 E) s5 R/ w0 OThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.7 I" [/ a' y! q+ 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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