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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine2 m6 B; S I* n" r- |
(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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. G& g6 g5 q+ e& n8 w5 Y1 q% |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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8 r3 H8 @! ]1 D" q0 T8 h$ E"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."" J: J+ D. z) G9 G3 s' @
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More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.& q F Z5 X$ D7 W' }! j7 }
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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.$ |% T* {* r# `' I5 O
: d% n4 ~2 D5 p+ |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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A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.0 c+ R, d1 w4 G2 u, @
5 }$ E* q/ V7 T5 ?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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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.
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8 A: ~6 }9 c8 x/ PThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.- D- i/ H) E: O) k; |
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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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