ZCL-22730-47605

2 vaccinations 6 coded responses 16 check-ins 6 free-text entries 3 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 56-60
ZIP prefix: 346 / FL
Registered: 2021-04-11

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

2021-03-20
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-11
Registered in v-safe
2021-04-11
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-11
Health check-in — day 0, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-12
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Muscle spasms — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Muscle or body aches

Free text: Leg cramps

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-13
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-04-14
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-15
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-16
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-17
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-18
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-25
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-02
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Injection site pain — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Upper arm soreness at site of injection. Thought the pain was disappearing but it continues to ache on occasion.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-10
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Injection site pain — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Continued pain at injection site.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-16
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-23
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-07-11
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Injected limb mobility decreased, Injection site pain, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Consistent upper arm pain at the injection site. Unable to rotate arm fully without sharp pain. Did not have this issue until receiving the shot. I kept thinking this pain would go away - but it only worsened. Still, I'm grateful for science. · Healthcare visit (other): I have an appointment scheduled.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-07-11
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-07-20
Call successful
Not applicable (accidental reporting or does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine)
2021-10-10
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Injected limb mobility decreased, Injection site pain, Pain, Pain in extremity, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Fair · 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: The pain in my left arm since I received the second dose of Pfizer hasn't gone away and has only increased in severity. I now have restricted movement and the pain radiates from the injection site to my shoulder down to my fingertips. · Healthcare visit (other): I lost my GP during this time due to insurance. Will see him in Jan for this issue if I can hold out that long.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-10
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-15
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-10-18
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2022-04-11
Survey response — 12 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Bursitis, Injection site pain, Office visit, Rotator cuff syndrome — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: My left upper arm continues to hurt at the 2nd injection location. I've had multiple MRI's and have seen various specialists. I have bursitis and a small tear to my rotator cuff where the shot was administered. · Healthcare visit (other): Orthopedic Specialists offices

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-11
Report sent to call center — 12 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

1 call case(s)
2022-04-12
Call successful
Not applicable (accidental reporting or does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine)

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-20	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-11	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2021-07-11	Successful 2021-07-20	Not applicable (accidental reporting or does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine)
2021-10-10	Successful 2021-10-18	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2022-04-11	Successful 2022-04-12	Not applicable (accidental reporting or does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine)

Free text

Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-12

Systemic reaction (other): Leg cramps

Release 8 — day 21, dose 2

2021-05-02

Symptoms: Upper arm soreness at site of injection. Thought the pain was disappearing but it continues to ache on occasion.

Release 8 — day 28, dose 2

2021-05-10

Symptoms: Continued pain at injection site.

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-07-11

Symptoms: Consistent upper arm pain at the injection site. Unable to rotate arm fully without sharp pain. Did not have this issue until receiving the shot. I kept thinking this pain would go away - but it only worsened. Still, I'm grateful for science.

Healthcare visit (other): I have an appointment scheduled.

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-10-10

Symptoms: The pain in my left arm since I received the second dose of Pfizer hasn't gone away and has only increased in severity. I now have restricted movement and the pain radiates from the injection site to my shoulder down to my fingertips.

Healthcare visit (other): I lost my GP during this time due to insurance. Will see him in Jan for this issue if I can hold out that long.

Release 11 — 12 months, dose 2

2022-04-11

Symptoms: My left upper arm continues to hurt at the 2nd injection location. I've had multiple MRI's and have seen various specialists. I have bursitis and a small tear to my rotator cuff where the shot was administered.

Healthcare visit (other): Orthopedic Specialists offices

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	Unevaluable event	✓	✓	✓
SD	Arthralgia	·	·	✓
SD	Bursitis	·	·	✓
SD	Injected limb mobility decreased	✓	✓	✓
SD	Injection site pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Office visit	·	·	✓
SD	Pain	·	·	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	·	·	✓
SD	Rotator cuff syndrome	·	·	✓
SRO	Muscle spasms	✓	✓	✓

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