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2 vaccinations 7 coded responses 13 check-ins 7 free-text entries 6 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 66+
ZIP prefix: 077 / NJ
Registered: 2021-03-01

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

Timeline

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

2021-02-05
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-26
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-01
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-01
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster, Office visit, Rash, Rash pruritic — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I developed a rash on my backside which began to itch and hurt. I went to the dermatologist today and I was diagnosed with shingles...the doctor wanted to put me on the viral drug Valtrex but she was not sure if it was safe to do since I only had the 2nd dose of Pfizer 4 days ago. · Healthcare visit (other): I went to my dermatologist.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-02
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-03
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster, Office visit — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I was diagnosed with shingles yesterday; days after my 2nd dose of Pfizer. Is it safe for me to take Valtrex, an anti-viral drug which treats shingles so soon after receiving the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine? · Healthcare visit (other): My Dermatologist and primary care physician

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-03
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-04
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster, Office visit — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I developed shingles 4 days after my second dose of Pfizer... · Healthcare visit (other): I went to my dermatologist 2 days ago.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-04
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-05
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I was diagnosed with Shingles 4 days after getting the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-12
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-03-19
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster, Medical counselling, Neuralgia, Rash — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: 4 days after my 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine, I developed a case of shingles-that was 3 weeks ago. The rash has finally gone away but I am still suffering from lingering nerve pain. · Healthcare visit (other): I called my doctor and she prescribed a topical steroid cream to help with the nerve pain...

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-19
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-26
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-02
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-09
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-28
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-08-27
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Back pain, Herpes zoster, Pain in extremity, Polymyalgia rheumatica — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Diagnosed with PMR in July.extreme pain in shoulders, hips, lower back and thighsAlso back in March, I developed shingles 4 days after my 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-08-27
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-30
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-09-09
Call 2 — Left Voicemail
2022-02-28
Survey response — 12 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Herpes zoster, Polymyalgia rheumatica — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: I developed PMR - Polymyalgia rheumatica last summer I had 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine last February4 days after the second dose, I developed a case of the shingles which lasted a month2 months after that I was diagnosed with PMR.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-02-28
Report sent to call center — 12 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2022-03-03
Call 1 — Left Voicemail

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-02-05	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-02-26	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

6 call center cases

6 unsuccessful

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Free text

Release 4 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-02

Systemic reaction (other): I developed a rash on my backside which began to itch and hurt. I went to the dermatologist today and I was diagnosed with shingles...the doctor wanted to put me on the viral drug Valtrex but she was not sure if it was safe to do since I only had the 2nd dose of Pfizer 4 days ago.

Healthcare visit (other): I went to my dermatologist.

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-03

Systemic reaction (other): I was diagnosed with shingles yesterday; days after my 2nd dose of Pfizer. Is it safe for me to take Valtrex, an anti-viral drug which treats shingles so soon after receiving the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine?

Healthcare visit (other): My Dermatologist and primary care physician

2021-03-04

Systemic reaction (other): I developed shingles 4 days after my second dose of Pfizer...

Healthcare visit (other): I went to my dermatologist 2 days ago.

Release 5 — day 7, dose 2

2021-03-05

Systemic reaction (other): I was diagnosed with Shingles 4 days after getting the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Release 5 — day 21, dose 2

2021-03-19

Symptoms: 4 days after my 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine, I developed a case of shingles-that was 3 weeks ago. The rash has finally gone away but I am still suffering from lingering nerve pain.

Healthcare visit (other): I called my doctor and she prescribed a topical steroid cream to help with the nerve pain...

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-08-27

Symptoms: Diagnosed with PMR in July.extreme pain in shoulders, hips, lower back and thighsAlso back in March, I developed shingles 4 days after my 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Release 11 — 12 months, dose 2

2022-02-28

Symptoms: I developed PMR - Polymyalgia rheumatica last summer I had 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine last February4 days after the second dose, I developed a case of the shingles which lasted a month2 months after that I was diagnosed with PMR.

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	Medical counselling	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Neuralgia	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SD	Arthralgia	✓	·	✓
SD	Back pain	✓	·	✓
SD	Herpes zoster	✓	✓	✓
SD	Neuralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	·	✓
SD	Polymyalgia rheumatica	✓	·	✓
SD	Rash	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Herpes zoster	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Rash	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Rash pruritic	✓	✓	✓

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