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2 vaccinations 13 coded responses 25 check-ins 13 free-text entries 0 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 56-60
ZIP prefix: 023 / MA
Registered: 2021-05-06

Relationship: Self
Race: White
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

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Timeline

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

2021-05-06
Registered in v-safe
2021-05-06
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-06
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Swelling · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Swelling · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-08
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-05-09
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-05-10
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-05-11
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-12
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-13
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-05-20
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-27
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-27
Survey response — day 0, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-05-28
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Approximately 12 hours of metallic taste in my mouth

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2021-05-29
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Free text: Strong metallic taste in my mouth

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2021-05-30
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good · Nausea

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-05-31
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair · Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-06-01
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-06-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-06-03
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth

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2021-06-10
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-06-17
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Continue to have metallic taste in my mouth

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2021-06-24
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Immediate post-injection reaction — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth started within 20 minutes of getting the Pfiser vaccine. I continue to have an issue with metallic taste in my mouth weeks later.

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2021-07-01
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Metallic taste in mouth is still present since vaccination.

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2021-07-10
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-08-26
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-27
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine — Feeling: Good

Free text: Had a flu shot. Metallic taste in my mouth reoccurred. This has never happened in the past with any vaccinations. The metallic taste in my mouth began after having the Pfizer vaccine.

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2022-05-29
Survey response — 12 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Dysgeusia, SARS-CoV-2 test positive, Urticaria — Feeling: Good

Free text: Tested positive for COVID in December. Metallic taste in my mouth came back. Metallic taste in mouth started after my second Pfizer shot. Daughter had severe reaction after her second Pfizer shot. NO MORE MANDATING THESE VACCINES!!!

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-05-06	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-05-27	Pfizer-BioNTech

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Release 8 — day 0, dose 2

2021-05-27

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

Release 8 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-05-28

Systemic reaction (other): Approximately 12 hours of metallic taste in my mouth

2021-05-29

Systemic reaction (other): Strong metallic taste in my mouth

2021-05-30

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

2021-05-31

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

2021-06-01

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

2021-06-02

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

Release 8 — day 7, dose 2

2021-06-03

Systemic reaction (other): Metallic taste in mouth

Release 9 — day 21, dose 2

2021-06-17

Symptoms: Continue to have metallic taste in my mouth

Release 9 — day 28, dose 2

2021-06-24

Symptoms: Metallic taste in mouth started within 20 minutes of getting the Pfiser vaccine. I continue to have an issue with metallic taste in my mouth weeks later.

Release 9 — day 35, dose 2

2021-07-01

Symptoms: Metallic taste in mouth is still present since vaccination.

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-11-27

Symptoms: Had a flu shot. Metallic taste in my mouth reoccurred. This has never happened in the past with any vaccinations. The metallic taste in my mouth began after having the Pfizer vaccine.

Release 11 — 12 months, dose 2

2022-05-29

Symptoms: Tested positive for COVID in December. Metallic taste in my mouth came back. Metallic taste in mouth started after my second Pfizer shot. Daughter had severe reaction after her second Pfizer shot. NO MORE MANDATING THESE VACCINES!!!

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
SD	Dysgeusia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Immediate post-injection reaction	·	·	✓
SD	Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine	·	·	✓
SD	SARS-CoV-2 test positive	·	·	✓
SD	Urticaria	·	·	✓
SRO	Dysgeusia	✓	✓	✓

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