联邦公共卫生官承认，一人死于H1N1流感疫苗

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Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
(CP) – 6 hours ago
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9 a( A# S0 L  P/ F+ S7 x) G+ ROTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.
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2 S; |: Y/ W' ^( E! e0 y+ S0 Z; \+ CDr. 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."

! x) S% S8 ]; `0 z( T0 T4 r( tMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths.

4 r4 o8 E  K4 b3 b/ L* e1 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.
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$ X. b; `( R# T/ K2 E, ^& c; nAll 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.

, c4 e0 U9 Y- J& OButler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
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( c/ k3 ]9 A, w% W5 sMild 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.

1 x# J8 n& h' a' O% F; bThe federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
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$ X' T1 K, k0 L+ f- }: I3 ?) y3 aSo far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year.

Marlin

再有几个，有人就要辞职了。