ZBU-29232-22986

3 vaccinations 4 coded responses 25 check-ins 4 free-text entries 3 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 51-55
ZIP prefix: 708 / LA
Registered: 2021-03-18

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

2021-03-12
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-18
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-18
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Joint pains

Adult check-in
2021-03-21
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2021-03-26
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-03-29
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-30
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fever · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-31
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fever · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-04-01
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fever · Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2021-04-02
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-04-03
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-04-04
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Fever · Chills

Adult check-in
2021-04-05
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-12
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Joint swelling, Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: I have pain and swelling in my left arm, shoulder and my neck. A sebaceous cyst has gotten infected.

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

1 call case(s)
2021-04-21
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-26
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-04
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-12
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-09-27
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-07
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-10-09
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-10-10
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Axillary pain, Back pain, Condition aggravated, Neck pain, Pain in extremity, Pre-existing disease, Swelling — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Fever · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · 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: Underarm pain. A cyst-growth on my back expanded and starting swelling after my first dose. It has worsened after each dose, but I have just recently felt it was related. It is now more than 5 cm and I have severe arm, neck, and back pain.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-10
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
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)
2021-10-11
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-10-12
Call 1 — Requested Callback
2021-10-12
Callback requested for
04:00PM ET
2021-10-13
Call 2 — Left Voicemail
2021-10-17
Health check-in — day 7, dose 3
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-10-21
Health check-in — day 14, dose 3
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-10-28
Health check-in — day 21, dose 3
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-11-04
Survey response — day 28, dose 3
MedDRA: Cyst removal, Office visit, Surgery — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: I had a cyst removed that changed in size and complications after my vaccinations started. It began giving me trouble weeks after dose 1 and was the size of a baseball on removal. · Healthcare visit (other): Officw surgery

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-04
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 3
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-11-05
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-11-11
Health check-in — day 35, dose 3
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-11-18
Survey response — day 42, dose 3
MedDRA: Inflammation, Respiratory tract congestion, Surgery — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Some congestion, inflammation after flu shot and minor surgery.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-12	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-29	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-10-07	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2021-04-12	Unsuccessful
2021-10-10	Unsuccessful
2021-11-04	Unsuccessful

Free text

Release 7 — day 14, dose 2

2021-04-12

Symptoms: I have pain and swelling in my left arm, shoulder and my neck. A sebaceous cyst has gotten infected.

Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 3

2021-10-10

Systemic reaction (other): Underarm pain. A cyst-growth on my back expanded and starting swelling after my first dose. It has worsened after each dose, but I have just recently felt it was related. It is now more than 5 cm and I have severe arm, neck, and back pain.

Release 10 — day 28, dose 3

2021-11-04

Symptoms: I had a cyst removed that changed in size and complications after my vaccinations started. It began giving me trouble weeks after dose 1 and was the size of a baseball on removal.

Healthcare visit (other): Officw surgery

Release 10 — day 42, dose 3

2021-11-18

Symptoms: Some congestion, inflammation after flu shot and minor surgery.

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	·	·	✓
HCVO	Surgery	·	·	✓
SD	Cyst removal	·	·	✓
SD	Inflammation	·	·	✓
SD	Joint swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SD	Peripheral swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Respiratory tract congestion	·	·	✓
SD	Surgery	·	·	✓
SRO	Axillary pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Back pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Condition aggravated	·	·	✓
SRO	Neck pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Pain in extremity	·	·	✓
SRO	Pre-existing disease	·	·	✓
SRO	Swelling	·	·	✓

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