| Surge in Anaphylactic Shock In B.C.
As More People Report Reactions To H1N1 Vaccine
As Canadian health officials assured the public that the pandemic
H1N1 vaccine is safe, at least one province is reporting almost
double the rate of severe allergic reactions.
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) have
been criticized by the
decision to use the Arepanrix
vaccine without any safety
or efficacy testing on a single Canadian. Moreover, the decision
was made while clinical trials for the vaccine were still ongoing.
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control said it is probing
why residents suffered anaphylaxis at a higher rate compared with
the previous five seasonal-flu-vaccination programs, suggesting
it could be because some people received H1N1 and the seasonal
flu shot simultaneously.
A scientific study recently raised questions about whether getting
a seasonal
flu shot raises the risk of contracting H1N1, but the B.C.
Centre for Disease Control has chosen to ignore the study.
It will be several more weeks before B.C. officials can definitively
attribute the spike in the rate – 2.2 per 100,000 doses distributed,
compared to 1.2 per 100,000 doses.
“It would be fair to say that as more people are vaccinated
in the weeks and months ahead, and more data are collected, the
rates of adverse events per 100,000 may change both in B.C. and
nationally,” said Roy Wadia, spokesman for the British Columbia
Centre for Disease Control.
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Reactions
Being Reported From Pandemrix H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine
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Reports
of Adverse Reactions To The H1N1 Vaccine Are Pouring In
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A full list of h1n1 vaccine ingredients, alerts and warnings.
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