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2021-05-01
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-22
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-29
Registered in v-safe
2021-05-29
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-06-05
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Bone pain, Pain in extremity, Swelling — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My knees are in pain, my ankles, my toes my back. My bones are sore and swelling

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-12
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Back pain, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · 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: Symptoms: Back, knee, ankle pain · Healthcare visit (other): Also a Visit to my Drs office

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-12
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-20
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Office visit — 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, Hospitalization

Free text: Symptoms: Pain in all joints pertaining to back, knees and ankles · Healthcare visit (other): My doctor

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-20
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-26
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Back pain, Joint lock, Muscle spasticity, Office visit — 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: Symptoms: Fingers locking up and still pain in knees and back · Healthcare visit (other): Regular doctor

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-26
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)
2021-07-04
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · 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: Symptoms: Ever since I got my second shot a lot of my bones all went into some arthritic state, my knees, ankles, back its like I went to bed 47 years old and woke up 90 years old · Healthcare visit (other): Had to go to my regular Dr. too

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-07-04
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-23
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Bone pain, COVID-19, Office visit — 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: Symptoms: Pain in all my bones and I got covid · Healthcare visit (other): Doctor, X-rays

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-08-23
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-26
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-05-01	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-05-22	Pfizer-BioNTech

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Release 8 — day 14, dose 2

2021-06-05

Symptoms: My knees are in pain, my ankles, my toes my back. My bones are sore and swelling

Release 9 — day 21, dose 2

2021-06-12

Symptoms: Back, knee, ankle pain

Healthcare visit (other): Also a Visit to my Drs office

Release 9 — day 28, dose 2

2021-06-20

Symptoms: Pain in all joints pertaining to back, knees and ankles

Healthcare visit (other): My doctor

Release 9 — day 35, dose 2

2021-06-26

Symptoms: Fingers locking up and still pain in knees and back

Healthcare visit (other): Regular doctor

Release 9 — day 42, dose 2

2021-07-04

Symptoms: Ever since I got my second shot a lot of my bones all went into some arthritic state, my knees, ankles, back its like I went to bed 47 years old and woke up 90 years old

Healthcare visit (other): Had to go to my regular Dr. too

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-08-23

Symptoms: Pain in all my bones and I got covid

Healthcare visit (other): Doctor, X-rays

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	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Back pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Bone pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	COVID-19	✓	·	✓
SD	Joint lock	✓	·	✓
SD	Muscle spasticity	○	✓	○
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SD	Swelling	✓	✓	✓

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