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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine3 b' {1 z) c5 X& Q4 z
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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.7 d \ N6 F% o
" K; [' I) X- s: HDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.0 H( [5 R. \/ k5 l _3 z/ o
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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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More 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.1 t3 }& X1 m. C
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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., @( [( N5 u' V/ C1 l. I
3 ^+ X/ H6 A2 t! ^$ I3 RA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.: w' q' g! t; {
/ _: W/ I$ j" L' D3 ~/ J3 _Butler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.3 G: M. L9 \; h S0 ^2 c
6 x8 K# W1 y) W+ 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.
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.4 j& N" u8 W5 c6 c' i- y/ ?
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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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