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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine2 ]; k! S# F' O9 P
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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( s& @2 o, x5 O, X) O8 {9 OOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.3 M: h1 A1 z5 O5 w% f( n" @. N6 Q
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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.
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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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" |6 I# S# Y3 Z m* R+ L' X6 cMore 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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: A2 H! j# P' u! c( b: 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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- M* P% E4 {6 a! j, q7 \9 zA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.1 J) Q6 J: E5 }; n* e% q
$ d* u9 L" T M2 nButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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9 O- d' b2 F/ yMild 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.. v! r0 l. E, a$ Z; W
* |2 D* E- }: ?5 P. ~The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.* o$ U' s. 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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