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Originally Posted by Ashartus
Even with the higher rate of adverse reactions that batch was still safer than not getting vaccinated though; that's still only about a 1 in 30,000 rate of adverse reactions. In the big picture 6 people having an allergic reaction (from which they recover) isn't a huge number, particularly compared to the number of people getting really sick from the flu. The question is why there was a higher rate of allergic responses to this batch, which they'll hopefully resolve (perhaps it wasn't purified as much leaving more egg proteins in - but that's pure speculation on my part).
There's no reason to expect long term risks - allergic reactions are a short-term response, and there's nothing in the vaccine that will stay in your body long-term.
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This link says it's 1 in 10,000. And out of every 100 of those, 5 are serious such as deaths.
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/S...971/story.html
and 172,000 doses involved in the bad batch in Canada