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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine8 D$ h& d0 m: A+ o* b, ^
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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./ V" |0 Z& G" [; M+ A- h
0 A' P: j% u( k2 o! oDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.# x' `; i7 H2 E! @- [* D% m4 Q
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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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$ ?3 G) C5 {; Z4 B. _More serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.' H: ^* e; U' K5 f2 h2 f
1 k" ?- ]! h3 L( E- a V. r) ZOne 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.. p2 }" F/ R/ \0 m( Q* a/ g' a% u
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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.
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~9 v2 ]' j" U9 F+ w, UA version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women./ R3 Y. r3 S+ Q2 ^4 |
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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.0 Y+ l V9 f1 g4 C8 l1 k2 s4 w9 P
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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.- K6 z9 R2 k8 m t' u3 s; R6 U
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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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8 ?. a- B$ d9 |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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