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4 vaccinations 14 coded responses 41 check-ins 14 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 66+
ZIP prefix: 722 / AR
Registered: 2021-02-28

Relationship: Self
Race: Black or African American
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-02-27
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-28
Registered in v-safe
2021-02-28
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Immediate post-injection reaction — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Free text: Bitterness in my mouth within 10 minutes of receiving vaccines. It continues to a lesser degree today.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-01
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Slight bitterness in mouth

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Chills, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Very mild bitter taste in my mouth

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-03
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-04
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2021-03-08
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-13
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-20
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-20
Survey response — day 0, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Feeling abnormal, Nasal congestion, Throat clearing — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Bitter taste in mouth; mental fog; stuffy nose; feeling a need to clear throat;

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good · Headache, Nausea

Free text: Mild bitter taste in mouth

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-23
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Mild bitter taste in mouth

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-24
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2021-03-25
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Mild bitter taste in mouth

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-29
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-03
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-10
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: No adverse event — Feeling: Good

Free text: Great! No issues.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-17
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-24
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Back pain, Mobility decreased, Myalgia, Office visit, Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Muscle & back pain. Difficulty moving for the past 7 days. However, I think this has something to do with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR); Not sure. · Healthcare visit (other): Primary Care Physician

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-24
Report sent to call center — day 35, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-09-18
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-09-24
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-10-02
Survey response — day 7, dose 3
MedDRA: No adverse event — Feeling: Fair

Free text: No

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-08
Health check-in — day 14, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-15
Health check-in — day 21, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-22
Health check-in — day 28, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-30
Health check-in — day 35, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-05
Health check-in — day 42, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-12-24
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-03-25
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-04-07
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2022-04-10
Dose 4 — Moderna
Co-administered: Pneumonia
2022-04-10
Survey response — day 0, dose 4
MedDRA: Dry mouth, Dysgeusia, Feeling hot, Nasal dryness — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Free text: Bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth, throat hotness, dry nostrils

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-11
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Nasal congestion — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Free text: Mild bitter taste in mouth; Stuffy nose;

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-12
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
Feeling: Fair · Site: Redness, Swelling · Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2022-04-13
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Nasal congestion — Feeling: Good · Site: Swelling, Itching · Muscle or body aches

Free text: Mild stuffy nose & bitter taste in mouth

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-14
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: No adverse event — Feeling: Good · Site: Itching · Muscle or body aches

Free text: No

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-15
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2022-04-16
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2022-04-17
Health check-in — day 7, dose 4
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2022-04-24
Health check-in — day 14, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-01
Health check-in — day 21, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-08
Health check-in — day 28, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-15
Health check-in — day 35, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-23
Health check-in — day 42, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-07-10
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2023-04-10
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-02-27	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-20	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-09-24	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
4	2022-04-10	Moderna	Pneumonia

Call center

1 call center case

1 unsuccessful

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 4 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-02-28

Systemic reaction (other): Bitterness in my mouth within 10 minutes of receiving vaccines. It continues to a lesser degree today.

2021-03-01

Systemic reaction (other): Slight bitterness in mouth

2021-03-02

Systemic reaction (other): Very mild bitter taste in my mouth

Release 6 — day 0, dose 2

2021-03-20

Systemic reaction (other): Bitter taste in mouth; mental fog; stuffy nose; feeling a need to clear throat;

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-21

Systemic reaction (other): Mild bitter taste in mouth

2021-03-23

Systemic reaction (other): Mild bitter taste in mouth

2021-03-25

Systemic reaction (other): Mild bitter taste in mouth

Release 7 — day 21, dose 2

2021-04-10

Symptoms: Great! No issues.

Release 7 — day 35, dose 2

2021-04-24

Symptoms: Muscle & back pain. Difficulty moving for the past 7 days. However, I think this has something to do with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR); Not sure.

Healthcare visit (other): Primary Care Physician

Release 9 — day 7, dose 3

2021-10-02

Systemic reaction (other): No

Release 11 — day 0, dose 4

2022-04-10

Systemic reaction (other): Bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth, throat hotness, dry nostrils

Release 11 — days 1–6 daily, dose 4

2022-04-11

Systemic reaction (other): Mild bitter taste in mouth; Stuffy nose;

2022-04-13

Systemic reaction (other): Mild stuffy nose & bitter taste in mouth

2022-04-14

Systemic reaction (other): No

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
HCVO	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SD	Back pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Mobility decreased	✓	✓	✓
SD	Myalgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	No adverse event	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Dry mouth	·	·	✓
SRO	Dysgeusia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Feeling abnormal	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Feeling hot	·	·	✓
SRO	Immediate post-injection reaction	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Nasal congestion	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Nasal dryness	·	·	✓
SRO	No adverse event	·	·	✓
SRO	Throat clearing	✓	✓	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release