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1 vaccination 5 coded responses 6 check-ins 5 free-text entries 5 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 41-45
ZIP prefix: 913 / CA
Registered: 2021-03-14

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

2021-02-22
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-14
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-14
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-03-15
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Hypoaesthesia, Neck pain, Ulnar nerve injury — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Numbness in left arm, wrist, fingers ulnar nerve issues due to vaccine shot location, neck shoulder pain

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-15
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-23
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Muscle spasms, Neuralgia, Wrong technique in product usage process — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, 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: Muscle spasms left side neck, shoulder under shoulder blade. Numb left ring and pinky finger ulnar nerve pain. All realated to improper subcutaneous injection of Pfizer covid vaccine. The person that injected did not properly inject intramuscular!

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-23
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-29
Survey response — day 35, dose 1
MedDRA: Acupuncture, Arthralgia, Hypoaesthesia, Muscle spasms, Neck pain, Neuralgia, Office visit — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Symptoms: Left arm ulnar nerve pain up neck down to shoulder and shoulder blade muscle spasms sharp pain in left shoulder neck. Numb left hand fingers ring and pinky finger. Recent prescription for muscle relaxer. Also nerve test being ordered by doctor · Healthcare visit (other): Acupuncture

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-29
Report sent to call center — day 35, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-04-05
Survey response — day 42, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Facial spasm, Hypoaesthesia, Muscle twitching, Neck pain, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Symptoms: Pain in shoulder, neck, arm numbness in fingers twitching and spasms in face left side injection side · Healthcare visit (other): Acupuncture

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-05
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-24
Survey response — 3 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Muscle twitching — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit, Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Facial nerve twitching left side, numb pinky, and ring finger

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-24
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-12-28
Call 2 — Could Not Reach Participant
2022-01-03
Call 1 — Could Not Reach Participant

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-02-22	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

5 call center cases

5 unsuccessful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 5

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 5 — day 21, dose 1

2021-03-15

Symptoms: Numbness in left arm, wrist, fingers ulnar nerve issues due to vaccine shot location, neck shoulder pain

Release 6 — day 28, dose 1

2021-03-23

Symptoms: Muscle spasms left side neck, shoulder under shoulder blade. Numb left ring and pinky finger ulnar nerve pain. All realated to improper subcutaneous injection of Pfizer covid vaccine. The person that injected did not properly inject intramuscular!

Release 6 — day 35, dose 1

2021-03-29

Symptoms: Left arm ulnar nerve pain up neck down to shoulder and shoulder blade muscle spasms sharp pain in left shoulder neck. Numb left hand fingers ring and pinky finger. Recent prescription for muscle relaxer. Also nerve test being ordered by doctor

Healthcare visit (other): Acupuncture

Release 6 — day 42, dose 1

2021-04-05

Symptoms: Pain in shoulder, neck, arm numbness in fingers twitching and spasms in face left side injection side

Healthcare visit (other): Acupuncture

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 1

2021-05-24

Symptoms: Facial nerve twitching left side, numb pinky, and ring finger

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	Acupuncture	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Unevaluable event	✓	✓	✓
SD	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Facial spasm	✓	✓	✓
SD	Hypoaesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Muscle spasms	✓	✓	✓
SD	Muscle twitching	✓	✓	✓
SD	Neck pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Neuralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SD	Ulnar nerve injury	✓	✓	✓
SD	Wrong technique in product usage process	✓	✓	✓

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