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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine& f, Z6 g3 }9 ?4 |
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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0 z; f. M% N+ d/ ^! |5 G% nOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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- c8 k: k! {6 w! o5 RDr. 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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/ ^! O9 `7 K8 dMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.
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' i$ i2 ~9 S" x) d) u/ r- S7 x# POne 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.2 w- x$ U5 |* X- N- Z/ F$ d6 F
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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.9 V% P0 L6 ?$ A9 B
+ p+ r2 ~& Y z: y0 O1 j: ^A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.! t1 ~0 n7 u' u' T5 k: W- V
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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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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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The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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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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