5V6-23483-67974

2 vaccinations 7 coded responses 17 check-ins 7 free-text entries 5 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 61-65
ZIP prefix: 980 / WA
Registered: 2021-01-05

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

2021-01-05
Registered in v-safe
2021-01-05
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-05
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Chills, Headache

Adult check-in
2021-01-06
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Chills, Injection site pain, Pain, Self-medication — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain

Free text: I took Advil 600 mg for injection site pain and to prevent mild achiness and chills I had last night.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-08
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-01-09
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Joint pains

Adult check-in
2021-01-10
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Joint pains

Adult check-in
2021-01-19
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Headache, Palpitations — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Headache past 3 daysFair amount of heart palpitations todayJoint pain in my wrists

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-26
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Unevaluable event — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Heart palpitations increased a lot in past week. Had to start taking heart medication. Im not sure if its related to the vaccine. Also more aching joints.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-26
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-01-29
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-04
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-02-05
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Headache, Joint pains · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-02-12
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Impaired work ability, Pain in extremity — 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: Worsening pain in my hands and wrists making in difficult to work with my hands including holding babies at work. I am concerned that the vaccine caused an auto immune response in my joints. I made an appointment to see my doctor.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-12
Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-02-21
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Impaired work ability, Loss of personal independence in daily activities — 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: Wrists have hurt worse making it very difficult to do things like opening pill bottle, jars, and other things with my hands. Plan to see my doctor again next week and have this evaluated. It is also making my job more difficult holding babies.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-21
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)
2021-02-28
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Diverticulitis, Mobility decreased, Pre-existing disease — 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: Flare up of diverticulitis Continuing pain in wrists and thumb joints getting harder to do tasks with my hands

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-28
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)
2021-03-08
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-12
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-09
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-08-01
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: I have increased pain and aching in wrists, thumbs, fingers, and elbow.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-08-01
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-01
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-08-03
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2022-01-29
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-05	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-01-29	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

5 call center cases

5 successful

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 1 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-01-06

Systemic reaction (other): I took Advil 600 mg for injection site pain and to prevent mild achiness and chills I had last night.

Release 2 — day 14, dose 1

2021-01-19

Symptoms: Headache past 3 daysFair amount of heart palpitations todayJoint pain in my wrists

Release 2 — day 21, dose 1

2021-01-26

Symptoms: Heart palpitations increased a lot in past week. Had to start taking heart medication. Im not sure if its related to the vaccine. Also more aching joints.

Release 4 — day 14, dose 2

2021-02-12

Symptoms: Worsening pain in my hands and wrists making in difficult to work with my hands including holding babies at work. I am concerned that the vaccine caused an auto immune response in my joints. I made an appointment to see my doctor.

Release 4 — day 21, dose 2

2021-02-21

Symptoms: Wrists have hurt worse making it very difficult to do things like opening pill bottle, jars, and other things with my hands. Plan to see my doctor again next week and have this evaluated. It is also making my job more difficult holding babies.

Release 4 — day 28, dose 2

2021-02-28

Symptoms: Flare up of diverticulitis Continuing pain in wrists and thumb joints getting harder to do tasks with my hands

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-08-01

Symptoms: I have increased pain and aching in wrists, thumbs, fingers, and elbow.

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	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Diverticulitis	✓	✓	✓
SD	Headache	✓	✓	✓
SD	Impaired work ability	✓	✓	✓
SD	Loss of personal independence in daily activities	✓	✓	✓
SD	Mobility decreased	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SD	Palpitations	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	✓	✓	✓
SD	Unevaluable event	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Chills	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Injection site pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Self-medication	✓	✓	✓

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