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4 vaccinations 31 coded responses 55 check-ins 30 free-text entries 6 call cases
Sex
Female
Age at first dose
36-40
ZIP prefix
024 / MA
Registered
2021-04-22
Relationship
Self
Race
White
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino
Registered dependents
RX7-46742-62294 Child or adolescent in my care · Male · 2022-07-11
LC7-71852-74660 Child or adolescent in my care · Female · 2022-07-11

Timeline

  1. 2021-04-22
    Registered in v-safe
  2. 2021-04-22
    Dose 1 — Moderna
  3. 2021-04-22
    Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
    Feeling: Good · Headache
    Adult check-in
  4. 2021-04-23
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Feeling abnormal — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Mental fog
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  5. 2021-04-24
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Musculoskeletal stiffness — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache, Muscle or body aches
    Free text: Neck stiffness
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  6. 2021-04-25
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Breast feeding — Feeling: Fair · Site: Swelling · Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Runny nose, I gave birth (b)(6) and Im currently breastfeeding and my breasts have felt more tender and sore, and also vaginal prolapse is more severe
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  7. 2021-04-26
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Breast feeding, Delivery, Fatigue, Postpartum state, Sleep deficit — Feeling: Good · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: I was surprised at how intense my reaction was to my FIRST dose of Moderna. Are you seeing this in postpartum, lactating people? I gave birth (b)(6) and Im currently breastfeeding. I imagine my hormone levels are high and my body is worn down from giving birth recently, sleep deprivation from newborn care, and producing milk. Is my intense reaction a sign I had COVID before and didnt know it? This scares me for my newborns sake, since I was pregnant for most of the pandemic, June 2020 through her birth in March 2021. What long-term consequences should I look for in my daughter from my possible Covid infection while she was in utero? (e.g. Schizophrenia? Heart problems?) I have no idea how I would have gotten COVID, I was so careful all those months, especially during pregnancy- I wore a mask, social distanced, and severely restricted my activities outside the home.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  8. 2021-04-27
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    Feeling: Good · Muscle or body aches, Abdominal pain
    Adult check-in
  9. 2021-04-28
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Brain fog, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Pain, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness
    Free text: I wanted to report that within the first 36-48 hours I had finger pain on my left hand, my left arm is where I got the shot. The finger pain made it hard to curl my fingers to make a fist. My fingers on my left hand felt stiff. I dont remember if I reported this originally within the first 36-48 hours, there were so many painful symptoms going on at once and I was having brain fog.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  10. 2021-04-29
    Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
    Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea
    Adult check-in
  11. 2021-05-06
    Survey response — day 14, dose 1
    MedDRA: Menstruation irregular, Postpartum state — Feeling: Fair
    Free text: Period returned early, May 1, though I only gave birth on March 15. With my first child, my period came back 6 months later. I heard the Moderna vaccine can cause menstrual irregularities. Has this happened to other postpartum people with Moderna?
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  12. 2021-05-13
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 1
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  13. 2021-05-20
    Dose 2 — Moderna
  14. 2021-05-20
    Survey response — day 0, dose 2
    MedDRA: Breast feeding, Delivery, Menstruation irregular — Feeling: Good · Headache
    Free text: On May 1 and May 14 I had menstrual bleeding. I gave birth (b)(6) and I have been breastfeeding since the babys birth. With my first child, my period didnt return until 6 months. Ive heard the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine causes menstrual irregularities. My sisters gynecologist said shes seen an increase in clients reporting new menstrual irregularities in the weeks following their Covid vaccine. Is this being studied? If so, you may include my data as a postpartum person. Thank you.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  15. 2021-05-21
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Brain fog, Chills, Eye irritation, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Nasal discomfort, Pain in extremity, Pyrexia, Sleep disorder, Throat irritation — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Eye, nose, throat irritation. Chills overnight were so strong that I couldnt sleep even with three blankets. Woke up with fever of 102. Mental fog. Stiff neck. Finger pain on left hand (got shot on left arm). Husband took kids to in-laws because Im pretty useless today.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  16. 2021-05-22
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Pruritus, Pyrexia, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site
    Free text: My itchiness was on my left hand, between the thumb and index finger, between palm and back of hand. I got my shot in the left arm. My fever was 102 at 9:30am yesterday and then 103 at 3:30pm. Since i had a fever for six hours straight, and it was climbing, i took 400 mg of ibuprofen. My temperature went down to 99.7. I repeated the 400 mg dose about four hours later. Maybe this app could ask for symptom report since last report or last 24 hours instead of today. I wanted to report that my fever climbed to 103 yesterday, after I reported to this app, but I had to say no to the app asking if I had a fever today. So I didnt have a way to tell you about my highest fever temperature aside from this comment box.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  17. 2021-05-23
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Dyspnoea, Pruritus, Pyrexia, Self-medication, Swelling, Urticaria — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Joint pains, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): HIVES! I woke up at 5:45am with itchy, puffy hives across my right torso and right arm. I got my Moderna shot 3 days ago, on my left arm. The webbing between my fingers, backs of elbows and knees, my wrists, ankles, soles of feet and palms of hands also itch. I also had shortness of breath a few hours after I got the vaccine on Thursday, and also on Friday. · Healthcare visit (other): I also messaged my doctor about my fever of 103F on Saturday. Both times, my doctors office told me what over the counter medications to take.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  18. 2021-05-23
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  19. 2021-05-24
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Chills, Dyspnoea, Headache, Influenza like illness, Menstruation irregular, Pain in extremity, Pyrexia, Urticaria — Feeling: Poor · Fatigue or tiredness, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation
    Free text: Hives. For the second day in a row, hives flared up across my torso and abdomen, in new locations, lower on the abdomen and more on the left side (yesterday they were on the right). Also on my outside elbow, wrist, back of knee. This is not just a sore arm and brief flu-like symptoms. After my fever of 103F, severe chills, shortness of breath, and hives after my 2nd Moderna shot, and my severe debilitating headache, fever, chills, and irregular menstrual bleeding after my 1st Moderna shot, Ive tried to read up further on vaccine side effects from credible sources. Im not an anti-vaxxer. I have gotten all my vaccines for years. I vaccinate my children. I wanted the Covid-19 vaccine and I got it. I believe the side effects of the Covid vaccines are better than getting Covid itself. But Im very discouraged by the dismissive tone of many medical professionals who are minimizing the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines that Ive experienced as if they need to be shushed and swept under the rug to convince vaccine-hesitant people to get the vaccine. The approach of being dishonest with people about how common - NOT rare - debilitating side effects are is doing the OPPOSITE. Every conversation I have about the Covid-19 vaccine with family, friends, and acquaintances, the people in the conversation know someone personally that had a concerning and/or debilitating reaction to the vaccine. Menstrual problems, nerve issues, extremely high fevers for an adult, alarming allergic reactions... Suffering from a debilitating reaction to the Covid-19 vaccine is NOT rare! It seems everyone knows someone who had a debilitating reaction. I dont think medical professionals in the media leading people to believe that the severe side effects of the Covid vaccine are extremely rare, and then people having a debilitating SURPRISE is good from a public health standpoint. It only reinforces the view of the vaccine-hesitant that new vaccines cant be trusted and/or medical professionals cant be trusted. Its hard to come up with a convincing argument for vaccine-hesitant family or friends when you yourself are reeling from the surprise of how bad the Covid vaccine reaction was and at the same time feeling shushed at best and gaslighted at worst about your own experience by medical professionals in the media.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  20. 2021-05-24
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  21. 2021-05-25
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Back pain, Breast feeding, Mobility decreased, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Office visit, Physiotherapy, Self-medication, Urticaria — Feeling: Poor · Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): Severe lower back pain, out of the blue. I havent done anything differently the last few days, and I woke up with severe lower back stiffness and pain. I have to grab onto furniture to move up or down and I cant bend down to my kids height without grabbing furniture. I had a postpartum physical therapy appointment today and my physical therapist had to modify about half the stuff she had planned for me because my back stiffness and pain was so bad. My newborn infant had diarrhea three times yesterday - she is breastfeeding. Shes never had diarrhea before. Could the diarrhea be a reaction to the Zyrtec I took yesterday for my Moderna hives? Could her diarrhea be related to the vaccine itself? There is nowhere to report impact on breastfeeding infant in V-Safe, so Ill write it here. · Healthcare visit (other): I had a regularly scheduled postpartum physical therapy appointment and my physical therapist had to modify about half the exercises she planned to assign me because my lower back stiffness and pain were so bad, and she had me do lower-back specific exercises and gave me a back massage instead.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  22. 2021-05-25
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  23. 2021-05-26
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Menstruation irregular, Pain, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Before now, Ive never had chunks of pink tissue come out with menstrual bleeding. On the evening of 5/24 (two nights ago), I had menstrual spotting and a dime-sized chunk of pink tissue in the toilet. There is no chance I could be pregnant. Ive now had menstrual bleeding three times since I gave birth on 3/15, all after receiving my Moderna doses. I had menstrual bleeding on 5/1, 5/14, and 5/24. Its strange Ive had menstrual bleeding on three occasions in one month, when Im not even three months postpartum. With my first child, my period came back at 6 months. I dont think Im breastfeeding differently this time around. Could it be the Moderna vaccine? There is no box to check on the VSafe app for menstrual changes. I also continue to have severe lower back pain and stiffness when changing position. I cant think of anything I did differently to cause the pain; I just woke up with it yesterday. Ibuprofen has helped the pain but not eliminated it.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  24. 2021-05-27
    Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
    Feeling: Fair · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    Adult check-in
  25. 2021-06-03
    Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  26. 2021-06-10
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  27. 2021-06-17
    Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  28. 2021-06-24
    Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  29. 2021-07-01
    Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  30. 2021-08-20
    Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  31. 2021-11-18
    Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
    MedDRA: Menstruation irregular, Office visit, Uterine leiomyoma — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to work or attend school, 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: Submucosal fibroid, first ever fibroid. Extreme periods with significant blood loss in Aug and Oct. Several medical professionals told me I should have gone to ER due to blood loss amount, both in Aug and Oct. Does Moderna affect menstrual health?
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  32. 2021-11-18
    Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
    Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr
    Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
  33. 2021-11-19
  34. 2021-12-10
    Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
  35. 2021-12-10
    Survey response — day 0, dose 3
    MedDRA: Adverse reaction, Brain fog, Photophobia — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: (1) Eye sensitivity especially to light (2) Light mental fog. So far I feel much better after Pfizer than I did with Moderna! Moderna was very rough for me.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  36. 2021-12-11
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    MedDRA: Dyspnoea, Hallucination, visual, Insomnia, Nausea — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: (1) Shortness of breath at 3am, (2) Strange hallucination-like dreams at 7am, in and out of sleep, random scenes would flash in my mind and I'd zoom in on them really fast and zoom out really fast, like on a rollercoaster, severe nausea
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  37. 2021-12-12
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    Feeling: Good · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    Adult check-in
  38. 2021-12-13
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    MedDRA: Pre-existing disease, Sciatica, Vaccine positive rechallenge — Feeling: Good · Muscle or body aches
    Free text: Sciatica? I had it during pregnancy and it came back. Overall, Pfizer has been much more tolerable to my body than Moderna. Moderna was severely debilitating to me for doses 1 and 2 and symptoms lasted days.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  39. 2021-12-14
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Adult check-in
  40. 2021-12-15
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  41. 2021-12-16
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  42. 2021-12-17
    Health check-in — day 7, dose 3
    Feeling: Good · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches
    Adult check-in
  43. 2021-12-24
    Survey response — day 14, dose 3
    MedDRA: Arthralgia, Eczema, Pre-existing disease, Sciatica — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit
    Free text: Rotator cuff right shoulder pain and sciatica flare up, eczema flare up
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  44. 2021-12-24
    Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 3
    Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
  45. 2021-12-28
  46. 2021-12-31
    Survey response — day 21, dose 3
    MedDRA: Unevaluable event — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Bad nausea and period cramps. Also - my sister rec'd Moderna shots 1 + 2 and recently booster. She had concerning menstrual symptoms after Moderna dose 2 and again after recent Moderna booster.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  47. 2022-01-07
    Survey response — day 28, dose 3
    MedDRA: Emotional distress, Fatigue, Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Fatigue; however fatigue may be from emotional stress of hearing that 4 of my 4-year-old child's classmates tested Covid positive. My child and my household thankfully have zero symptoms. My period was heavy but normal, unlike after Moderna vaccine
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  48. 2022-01-14
    Survey response — day 35, dose 3
    MedDRA: Fatigue, Myalgia, Nausea — Feeling: Good · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Fatigue, muscle aches, nausea
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  49. 2022-01-21
    Survey response — day 42, dose 3
    MedDRA: Fatigue, Myalgia — Feeling: Good · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Fatigue, muscle aches
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  50. 2022-03-11
    Survey response — 3 months, dose 3
    MedDRA: Eczema, Menstruation irregular, Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Good
    Free text: Eczema flare-ups. Menstrual period was normal again - it is normal with Pfizer but not with Moderna. My sister had menstrual bleeding every single day of January 2022 after Moderna booster.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  51. 2022-06-11
    Survey response — 6 months, dose 3
    MedDRA: Back pain, COVID-19, Dyspnoea, Dyspnoea exertional — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Severe to moderate lower back pain. During my Covid infection in April 2022 I had shortness of breath that was concerning, and I still have shortness of breath weeks later after exertion, which I did not have prior to Covid infection.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  52. 2022-11-04
    Dose 4 — Pfizer-BioNTech
    Co-administered: Flu
  53. 2022-11-04
    Survey response — day 0, dose 4
    MedDRA: Euphoric mood, Feeling abnormal, Inappropriate affect, Vaccine positive rechallenge — Feeling: Fair · Site: Swelling · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea
    Free text: Feeling "high," laughing and giggling at everything, the room seems "floaty" when I stay still, everything feels lightweight - feeling "high" is how the side effects of my other Covid vaccine doses started for me, too. It's very weird.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  54. 2022-11-05
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    MedDRA: Injection site reaction, Muscle twitching, Pain — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Muscle twitching at injection site off and on for about 24 hours now (Covid injection site in my left arm; I got flu shot in my right arm and my right arm is not twitching.) Full-body aches.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  55. 2022-11-06
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    MedDRA: Asthenia, Clumsiness, Myalgia, Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches
    Free text: I've had weakness and clumsiness for the 48 hours since I got the Covid shot. I feel muscle pain up and down my left arm into my finger (I remember this from previous shots). I'm also very clumsy all of a sudden with dropping things.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  56. 2022-11-07
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  57. 2022-11-08
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    Feeling: Good · Site: Itching · None
    Adult check-in
  58. 2022-11-09
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    Feeling: Good · Site: Swelling · None
    Adult check-in
  59. 2022-11-10
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  60. 2022-11-11
    Health check-in — day 7, dose 4
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  61. 2022-11-18
    Survey response — day 14, dose 4
    MedDRA: Dehydration, Nausea — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Nausea 11/17/22 and 11/18/22, might be menstrual related or due to dry winter air (Massachusetts) and dehydration.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  62. 2022-11-25
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 4
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  63. 2022-12-02
    Survey response — day 28, dose 4
    MedDRA: Heavy menstrual bleeding, Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine — Feeling: Good
    Free text: Heavy menstrual period, but not as bad as after my Moderna shots in 2021.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  64. 2022-12-09
    Survey response — day 35, dose 4
    MedDRA: Diarrhoea — Feeling: Good
    Free text: Some diarrhea this past week, possibly from coffee that's too strong
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  65. 2022-12-16
    Health check-in — day 42, dose 4
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  66. 2023-02-03
    Survey response — 3 months, dose 4
    MedDRA: Abdominal pain lower, Constipation, Decreased appetite, Nausea, Office visit, Telemedicine, Viral infection — Feeling: Good · 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
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11
  67. 2023-02-03
    Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 4
    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 · 1 call case(s)
  68. 2023-02-06
  69. 2023-02-06
  70. 2023-02-06
  71. 2023-02-06
  72. 2023-02-06
  73. 2023-02-06
  74. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  75. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  76. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  77. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  78. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  79. 2023-02-06
    Call successful
    Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
  80. 2023-05-05
    Health check-in — 6 months, dose 4
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in

Vaccinations

DoseDateManufacturerCo-administered
12021-04-22Moderna
22021-05-20Moderna
32021-12-10Pfizer-BioNTech No
42022-11-04Pfizer-BioNTech Flu

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Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-04-23

Systemic reaction (other): Mental fog

2021-04-24

Systemic reaction (other): Neck stiffness

2021-04-25

Systemic reaction (other): Runny nose, I gave birth (b)(6) and Im currently breastfeeding and my breasts have felt more tender and sore, and also vaginal prolapse is more severe
redacted (b)(6)

Release 8 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-04-26

Systemic reaction (other): I was surprised at how intense my reaction was to my FIRST dose of Moderna. Are you seeing this in postpartum, lactating people? I gave birth (b)(6) and Im currently breastfeeding. I imagine my hormone levels are high and my body is worn down from giving birth recently, sleep deprivation from newborn care, and producing milk. Is my intense reaction a sign I had COVID before and didnt know it? This scares me for my newborns sake, since I was pregnant for most of the pandemic, June 2020 through her birth in March 2021. What long-term consequences should I look for in my daughter from my possible Covid infection while she was in utero? (e.g. Schizophrenia? Heart problems?) I have no idea how I would have gotten COVID, I was so careful all those months, especially during pregnancy- I wore a mask, social distanced, and severely restricted my activities outside the home.
redacted (b)(6)

2021-04-28

Systemic reaction (other): I wanted to report that within the first 36-48 hours I had finger pain on my left hand, my left arm is where I got the shot. The finger pain made it hard to curl my fingers to make a fist. My fingers on my left hand felt stiff. I dont remember if I reported this originally within the first 36-48 hours, there were so many painful symptoms going on at once and I was having brain fog.

Release 8 — day 14, dose 1

2021-05-06

Symptoms: Period returned early, May 1, though I only gave birth on March 15. With my first child, my period came back 6 months later. I heard the Moderna vaccine can cause menstrual irregularities. Has this happened to other postpartum people with Moderna? cut off by CDC

Release 8 — day 0, dose 2

2021-05-20

Systemic reaction (other): On May 1 and May 14 I had menstrual bleeding. I gave birth (b)(6) and I have been breastfeeding since the babys birth. With my first child, my period didnt return until 6 months. Ive heard the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine causes menstrual irregularities. My sisters gynecologist said shes seen an increase in clients reporting new menstrual irregularities in the weeks following their Covid vaccine. Is this being studied? If so, you may include my data as a postpartum person. Thank you.
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Release 8 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-05-21

Systemic reaction (other): Eye, nose, throat irritation. Chills overnight were so strong that I couldnt sleep even with three blankets. Woke up with fever of 102. Mental fog. Stiff neck. Finger pain on left hand (got shot on left arm). Husband took kids to in-laws because Im pretty useless today.

2021-05-22

Systemic reaction (other): My itchiness was on my left hand, between the thumb and index finger, between palm and back of hand. I got my shot in the left arm. My fever was 102 at 9:30am yesterday and then 103 at 3:30pm. Since i had a fever for six hours straight, and it was climbing, i took 400 mg of ibuprofen. My temperature went down to 99.7. I repeated the 400 mg dose about four hours later. Maybe this app could ask for symptom report since last report or last 24 hours instead of today. I wanted to report that my fever climbed to 103 yesterday, after I reported to this app, but I had to say no to the app asking if I had a fever today. So I didnt have a way to tell you about my highest fever temperature aside from this comment box.

2021-05-23

Systemic reaction (other): HIVES! I woke up at 5:45am with itchy, puffy hives across my right torso and right arm. I got my Moderna shot 3 days ago, on my left arm. The webbing between my fingers, backs of elbows and knees, my wrists, ankles, soles of feet and palms of hands also itch. I also had shortness of breath a few hours after I got the vaccine on Thursday, and also on Friday.
Healthcare visit (other): I also messaged my doctor about my fever of 103F on Saturday. Both times, my doctors office told me what over the counter medications to take.

2021-05-24

Systemic reaction (other): Hives. For the second day in a row, hives flared up across my torso and abdomen, in new locations, lower on the abdomen and more on the left side (yesterday they were on the right). Also on my outside elbow, wrist, back of knee. This is not just a sore arm and brief flu-like symptoms. After my fever of 103F, severe chills, shortness of breath, and hives after my 2nd Moderna shot, and my severe debilitating headache, fever, chills, and irregular menstrual bleeding after my 1st Moderna shot, Ive tried to read up further on vaccine side effects from credible sources. Im not an anti-vaxxer. I have gotten all my vaccines for years. I vaccinate my children. I wanted the Covid-19 vaccine and I got it. I believe the side effects of the Covid vaccines are better than getting Covid itself. But Im very discouraged by the dismissive tone of many medical professionals who are minimizing the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines that Ive experienced as if they need to be shushed and swept under the rug to convince vaccine-hesitant people to get the vaccine. The approach of being dishonest with people about how common - NOT rare - debilitating side effects are is doing the OPPOSITE. Every conversation I have about the Covid-19 vaccine with family, friends, and acquaintances, the people in the conversation know someone personally that had a concerning and/or debilitating reaction to the vaccine. Menstrual problems, nerve issues, extremely high fevers for an adult, alarming allergic reactions... Suffering from a debilitating reaction to the Covid-19 vaccine is NOT rare! It seems everyone knows someone who had a debilitating reaction. I dont think medical professionals in the media leading people to believe that the severe side effects of the Covid vaccine are extremely rare, and then people having a debilitating SURPRISE is good from a public health standpoint. It only reinforces the view of the vaccine-hesitant that new vaccines cant be trusted and/or medical professionals cant be trusted. Its hard to come up with a convincing argument for vaccine-hesitant family or friends when you yourself are reeling from the surprise of how bad the Covid vaccine reaction was and at the same time feeling shushed at best and gaslighted at worst about your own experience by medical professionals in the media.

2021-05-25

Systemic reaction (other): Severe lower back pain, out of the blue. I havent done anything differently the last few days, and I woke up with severe lower back stiffness and pain. I have to grab onto furniture to move up or down and I cant bend down to my kids height without grabbing furniture. I had a postpartum physical therapy appointment today and my physical therapist had to modify about half the stuff she had planned for me because my back stiffness and pain was so bad. My newborn infant had diarrhea three times yesterday - she is breastfeeding. Shes never had diarrhea before. Could the diarrhea be a reaction to the Zyrtec I took yesterday for my Moderna hives? Could her diarrhea be related to the vaccine itself? There is nowhere to report impact on breastfeeding infant in V-Safe, so Ill write it here.
Healthcare visit (other): I had a regularly scheduled postpartum physical therapy appointment and my physical therapist had to modify about half the exercises she planned to assign me because my lower back stiffness and pain were so bad, and she had me do lower-back specific exercises and gave me a back massage instead.

2021-05-26

Systemic reaction (other): Before now, Ive never had chunks of pink tissue come out with menstrual bleeding. On the evening of 5/24 (two nights ago), I had menstrual spotting and a dime-sized chunk of pink tissue in the toilet. There is no chance I could be pregnant. Ive now had menstrual bleeding three times since I gave birth on 3/15, all after receiving my Moderna doses. I had menstrual bleeding on 5/1, 5/14, and 5/24. Its strange Ive had menstrual bleeding on three occasions in one month, when Im not even three months postpartum. With my first child, my period came back at 6 months. I dont think Im breastfeeding differently this time around. Could it be the Moderna vaccine? There is no box to check on the VSafe app for menstrual changes. I also continue to have severe lower back pain and stiffness when changing position. I cant think of anything I did differently to cause the pain; I just woke up with it yesterday. Ibuprofen has helped the pain but not eliminated it.

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-11-18

Symptoms: Submucosal fibroid, first ever fibroid. Extreme periods with significant blood loss in Aug and Oct. Several medical professionals told me I should have gone to ER due to blood loss amount, both in Aug and Oct. Does Moderna affect menstrual health? cut off by CDC

Release 10 — day 0, dose 3

2021-12-10

Systemic reaction (other): (1) Eye sensitivity especially to light (2) Light mental fog. So far I feel much better after Pfizer than I did with Moderna! Moderna was very rough for me.

Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 3

2021-12-11

Systemic reaction (other): (1) Shortness of breath at 3am, (2) Strange hallucination-like dreams at 7am, in and out of sleep, random scenes would flash in my mind and I'd zoom in on them really fast and zoom out really fast, like on a rollercoaster, severe nausea

2021-12-13

Systemic reaction (other): Sciatica? I had it during pregnancy and it came back. Overall, Pfizer has been much more tolerable to my body than Moderna. Moderna was severely debilitating to me for doses 1 and 2 and symptoms lasted days.

Release 10 — day 14, dose 3

2021-12-24

Symptoms: Rotator cuff right shoulder pain and sciatica flare up, eczema flare up

Release 10 — day 21, dose 3

2021-12-31

Symptoms: Bad nausea and period cramps. Also - my sister rec'd Moderna shots 1 + 2 and recently booster. She had concerning menstrual symptoms after Moderna dose 2 and again after recent Moderna booster.

Release 10 — day 28, dose 3

2022-01-07

Symptoms: Fatigue; however fatigue may be from emotional stress of hearing that 4 of my 4-year-old child's classmates tested Covid positive. My child and my household thankfully have zero symptoms. My period was heavy but normal, unlike after Moderna vaccine cut off by CDC

Release 10 — day 35, dose 3

2022-01-14

Symptoms: Fatigue, muscle aches, nausea

Release 11 — day 42, dose 3

2022-01-21

Symptoms: Fatigue, muscle aches

Release 11 — 3 months, dose 3

2022-03-11

Symptoms: Eczema flare-ups. Menstrual period was normal again - it is normal with Pfizer but not with Moderna. My sister had menstrual bleeding every single day of January 2022 after Moderna booster.

Release 12 — 6 months, dose 3

2022-06-11

Symptoms: Severe to moderate lower back pain. During my Covid infection in April 2022 I had shortness of breath that was concerning, and I still have shortness of breath weeks later after exertion, which I did not have prior to Covid infection.

Release 12 — day 0, dose 4

2022-11-04

Systemic reaction (other): Feeling "high," laughing and giggling at everything, the room seems "floaty" when I stay still, everything feels lightweight - feeling "high" is how the side effects of my other Covid vaccine doses started for me, too. It's very weird.

Release 12 — days 1–6 daily, dose 4

2022-11-05

Systemic reaction (other): Muscle twitching at injection site off and on for about 24 hours now (Covid injection site in my left arm; I got flu shot in my right arm and my right arm is not twitching.) Full-body aches.

2022-11-06

Systemic reaction (other): I've had weakness and clumsiness for the 48 hours since I got the Covid shot. I feel muscle pain up and down my left arm into my finger (I remember this from previous shots). I'm also very clumsy all of a sudden with dropping things.

Release 12 — day 14, dose 4

2022-11-18

Symptoms: Nausea 11/17/22 and 11/18/22, might be menstrual related or due to dry winter air (Massachusetts) and dehydration.

Release 12 — day 28, dose 4

2022-12-02

Symptoms: Heavy menstrual period, but not as bad as after my Moderna shots in 2021.

Release 12 — day 35, dose 4

2022-12-09

Symptoms: Some diarrhea this past week, possibly from coffee that's too strong

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

FieldPreferred term2021-092023-042024-11
HCVOOffice visit ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOPhysiotherapy ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOPyrexia ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOSelf-medication ✓ ✓ ✓
SDAbdominal pain lower · · ✓
SDArthralgia · · ✓
SDBack pain · · ✓
SDConstipation · · ✓
SDCOVID-19 · · ✓
SDDecreased appetite · · ✓
SDDehydration · · ✓
SDDiarrhoea · · ✓
SDDyspnoea · · ✓
SDDyspnoea exertional · · ✓
SDEczema · · ✓
SDEmotional distress · · ✓
SDFatigue · · ✓
SDHeavy menstrual bleeding · · ✓
SDMenstruation irregular ✓ ✓ ✓
SDMyalgia · · ✓
SDNausea · · ✓
SDOffice visit · · ✓
SDPostpartum state ✓ ✓ ✓
SDPre-existing disease · · ✓
SDReaction to previous exposure to any vaccine · · ✓
SDSciatica · · ✓
SDTelemedicine · · ✓
SDUnevaluable event · · ✓
SDUterine leiomyoma · · ✓
SDViral infection · · ✓
SROAdverse reaction · · ✓
SROAsthenia · · ✓
SROBack pain ✓ ✓ ✓
SROBrain fog ✓ ✓ ✓
SROBreast feeding ✓ ✓ ✓
SROChills ✓ ✓ ✓
SROClumsiness · · ✓
SRODelivery ✓ ✓ ✓
SRODyspnoea ✓ ✓ ✓
SROEuphoric mood · · ✓
SROEye irritation ✓ ✓ ✓
SROFatigue ✓ ✓ ✓
SROFeeling abnormal ✓ ✓ ✓
SROHallucination, visual · · ✓
SROHeadache ✓ ✓ ✓
SROInappropriate affect · · ✓
SROInfluenza like illness ✓ ✓ ✓
SROInjection site reaction · · ✓
SROInsomnia · · ✓
SROMenstruation irregular ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMobility decreased ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMuscle twitching · · ✓
SROMusculoskeletal stiffness ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMyalgia · · ✓
SRONasal discomfort ✓ ✓ ✓
SRONausea · · ✓
SROPain ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPain in extremity ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPhotophobia · · ✓
SROPostpartum state ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPre-existing disease · · ✓
SROPruritus ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPyrexia ✓ ✓ ✓
SROReaction to previous exposure to any vaccine · · ✓
SROSciatica · · ✓
SROSelf-medication ✓ ✓ ✓
SROSleep deficit ✓ ✓ ✓
SROSleep disorder ✓ ✓ ✓
SROSwelling ✓ ✓ ✓
SROThroat irritation ✓ ✓ ✓
SROUrticaria ✓ ✓ ✓
SROVaccine positive rechallenge · · ✓

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