ZW2-26391-08234

5 vaccinations 29 coded responses 63 check-ins 29 free-text entries 2 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 66+
ZIP prefix: 277 / NC
Registered: 2021-01-07

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

2021-01-07
Registered in v-safe
2021-01-07
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-07
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-08
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Oral herpes, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good

Free text: I did have a fever blister to pop out last night. I haven't had one in years. Don't know if there is any correlation but thought I would let you know. My arm was a little bit sore but not bad at all. Flu shots are much worse.

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

Adult check-in
2021-01-10
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-11
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dyspnoea — Feeling: Good · Site: Itching

Free text: One spell of shortness of breath this morning that did not last long

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-12
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Abdominal discomfort — Feeling: Good · Site: Itching · Fever · Headache

Free text: Stomach discomfort

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-13
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-14
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-21
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Musculoskeletal discomfort — Feeling: Fair

Free text: My joints are bothering me more than usual, but I have been attributing that to the cold, rainy weather.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-27
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-27
Survey response — day 0, dose 2
MedDRA: Feeling hot, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good

Free text: Arm is warm and sore

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-28
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Insomnia, Limb discomfort — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Unable to sleep last night. Dont know if related to arm discomfort or vaccination

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-29
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache, Nausea

Adult check-in
2021-01-30
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · None

Adult check-in
2021-01-31
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache, Nausea

Free text: Just a note to say that arm pain is enough to wake me up at night when I roll over onto the arm that received the vaccination.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-01
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · None

Adult check-in
2021-02-02
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-02-03
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-02-10
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-02-17
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-02-24
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-03-03
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-10
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-28
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Malaise, Nausea — Feeling: Good · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I was nauseated for about 1 week and did not feel well. I did not have a fever. Probably not related but it happened.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-07-28
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-08
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-10-08
Health check-in — day 0, dose 3
Feeling: Good · None

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

Adult check-in
2021-10-10
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Swelling of fingers on left hand (shot was in left arm) so I am unable to remove my rings

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-11
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-10-12
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Blood glucose increased — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My fasting blood sugars have been running higher than normal every morning since I received my booster shot. I just realized this was happening this morning. I just had not paid attention to the fact that it was elevated every day probably becaus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-13
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains, Nausea, Diarrhea

Adult check-in
2021-10-14
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Adverse reaction, Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains, Nausea

Free text: Just a note to say I probably will NOT take another Pfizer booster. This one was so much worse than the reaction to the second shot

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-15
Health check-in — day 7, dose 3
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-10-22
Health check-in — day 14, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-10-29
Survey response — day 21, dose 3
MedDRA: Injection site pain, Office visit, Photopsia, Pre-existing disease, Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: My tinnitus is worse. I am also having small lights going around the the periphery of my right eye (from nasal area around to the outer side) not painful but don't know origin of lights nor did my ophthalmologist. I still have pains in shot area

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-05
Survey response — day 28, dose 3
MedDRA: Feeling abnormal, Pain in extremity, Tinnitus — Feeling: Good

Free text: Tinnitus is worse, arm where injection was given still hurts intermittently. It would be nice to know if switching brands for next booster would have a better chance of not making me feel so d*** bad for two or three days and rotten for 3 or 4 more

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-12
Health check-in — day 35, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-20
Survey response — day 42, dose 3
MedDRA: Administration site pain, Eye inflammation, Office visit — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Inflammation in left eye. Also left arm still hurts intermittently where vaccine was administered. This has never happened after any other vaccination · Healthcare visit (other): Outpatient visit with Ophthalmologist

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-20
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 3
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-11-29
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-11-29
Call successful
Does not wish to fill out VAERS report
2022-01-08
Survey response — 3 months, dose 3
MedDRA: Abdominal pain upper, Nausea — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Stomach hurt and was nauseated all day yesterday but no fever. However, it could be due to the fact that I can no longer take Zantac to reduce the stomach pain/discomfort caused by metformin.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-01
Dose 4 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-04-01
Health check-in — day 0, dose 4
Feeling: Fair · Fever · Chills, Muscle or body aches

Adult check-in
2022-04-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Abdominal pain upper — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Gastric pain. (Normal temp usually 97.9F-98.0 F)

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-03
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Body temperature increased, Feeling hot, Pre-existing disease, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I've had tinnitus for a long time but today it got a lot worse than it's ever been. I felt feverish but no fever. Also, last night at 5:11pm my temp reached 100.0

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-04
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Eye irritation — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Eyes burning

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-06
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Dyspnoea — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Headache, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: SOB

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-07
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 4
MedDRA: Dyspnoea — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Shortness of breath

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-08
Survey response — day 7, dose 4
MedDRA: Dyspnoea — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Nausea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: SOB

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-15
Survey response — day 14, dose 4
MedDRA: Conjunctivitis, Feeling abnormal, Headache, Lacrimation increased, Nasal congestion, Productive cough, Pyrexia, Respiratory tract congestion — Feeling: Poor · 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: Stuffy nose,head, productive cough, headache, watery eyes, conjunctivitis, low grade fever, feel bad

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-04-15
Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 4
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2022-04-19
Call successful
Not applicable – Participant does not believe symptoms are related to vaccine and does not wish to fill
2022-04-22
Health check-in — day 21, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-04-30
Health check-in — day 28, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-05-06
Health check-in — day 35, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-05-13
Health check-in — day 42, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-07-03
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 4
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-09-12
Dose 5 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-09-12
Survey response — day 0, dose 5
MedDRA: Oropharyngeal pain, Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Headache, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Sore throat, increased tinnitus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-09-16
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Increased tinnitus (very annoying level of noise)

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-09-17
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Tinnitus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-09-18
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Headache, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Tinnitus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-09-19
Survey response — day 7, dose 5
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Tinnitus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-09-26
Health check-in — day 14, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-10-03
Survey response — day 21, dose 5
MedDRA: Erythema, Pruritus, Rash pustular — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Pustular rash and red splotchy skin that is associated with a maddening itch

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-10-10
Survey response — day 28, dose 5
MedDRA: Pre-existing disease, Tinnitus — Feeling: Good

Free text: Tinnitus is worse

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-10-17
Health check-in — day 35, dose 5
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-10-24
Health check-in — day 42, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-12-12
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 5
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2023-03-13
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 5
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-07	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-01-27	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-10-08	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
4	2022-04-01	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
5	2022-09-12	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

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Release 1 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-01-08

Systemic reaction (other): I did have a fever blister to pop out last night. I haven't had one in years. Don't know if there is any correlation but thought I would let you know. My arm was a little bit sore but not bad at all. Flu shots are much worse.

2021-01-11

Systemic reaction (other): One spell of shortness of breath this morning that did not last long

2021-01-12

Systemic reaction (other): Stomach discomfort

Release 2 — day 14, dose 1

2021-01-21

Symptoms: My joints are bothering me more than usual, but I have been attributing that to the cold, rainy weather.

Release 2 — day 0, dose 2

2021-01-27

Systemic reaction (other): Arm is warm and sore

Release 3 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-01-28

Systemic reaction (other): Unable to sleep last night. Dont know if related to arm discomfort or vaccination

2021-01-31

Systemic reaction (other): Just a note to say that arm pain is enough to wake me up at night when I roll over onto the arm that received the vaccination.

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-04-28

Symptoms: I was nauseated for about 1 week and did not feel well. I did not have a fever. Probably not related but it happened.

Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 3

2021-10-10

Systemic reaction (other): Swelling of fingers on left hand (shot was in left arm) so I am unable to remove my rings

2021-10-12

Systemic reaction (other): My fasting blood sugars have been running higher than normal every morning since I received my booster shot. I just realized this was happening this morning. I just had not paid attention to the fact that it was elevated every day probably becaus cut off by CDC

2021-10-14

Systemic reaction (other): Just a note to say I probably will NOT take another Pfizer booster. This one was so much worse than the reaction to the second shot

Release 10 — day 21, dose 3

2021-10-29

Symptoms: My tinnitus is worse. I am also having small lights going around the the periphery of my right eye (from nasal area around to the outer side) not painful but don't know origin of lights nor did my ophthalmologist. I still have pains in shot area

Release 10 — day 28, dose 3

2021-11-05

Symptoms: Tinnitus is worse, arm where injection was given still hurts intermittently. It would be nice to know if switching brands for next booster would have a better chance of not making me feel so d*** bad for two or three days and rotten for 3 or 4 more cut off by CDC

Release 10 — day 42, dose 3

2021-11-20

Symptoms: Inflammation in left eye. Also left arm still hurts intermittently where vaccine was administered. This has never happened after any other vaccination

Healthcare visit (other): Outpatient visit with Ophthalmologist

Release 10 — 3 months, dose 3

2022-01-08

Symptoms: Stomach hurt and was nauseated all day yesterday but no fever. However, it could be due to the fact that I can no longer take Zantac to reduce the stomach pain/discomfort caused by metformin.

Release 11 — days 1–6 daily, dose 4

2022-04-02

Systemic reaction (other): Gastric pain. (Normal temp usually 97.9F-98.0 F)

2022-04-03

Systemic reaction (other): I've had tinnitus for a long time but today it got a lot worse than it's ever been. I felt feverish but no fever. Also, last night at 5:11pm my temp reached 100.0

2022-04-04

Systemic reaction (other): Eyes burning

2022-04-06

Systemic reaction (other): SOB

2022-04-07

Systemic reaction (other): Shortness of breath

Release 11 — day 7, dose 4

2022-04-08

Systemic reaction (other): SOB

Release 11 — day 14, dose 4

2022-04-15

Symptoms: Stuffy nose,head, productive cough, headache, watery eyes, conjunctivitis, low grade fever, feel bad

Release 12 — day 0, dose 5

2022-09-12

Systemic reaction (other): Sore throat, increased tinnitus

Release 12 — days 1–6 daily, dose 5

2022-09-16

Systemic reaction (other): Increased tinnitus (very annoying level of noise)

2022-09-17

Systemic reaction (other): Tinnitus

2022-09-18

Systemic reaction (other): Tinnitus

Release 12 — day 7, dose 5

2022-09-19

Systemic reaction (other): Tinnitus

Release 12 — day 21, dose 5

2022-10-03

Symptoms: Pustular rash and red splotchy skin that is associated with a maddening itch

Release 12 — day 28, dose 5

2022-10-10

Symptoms: Tinnitus is worse

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	·	·	✓
SD	Abdominal pain upper	·	·	✓
SD	Administration site pain	·	·	✓
SD	Conjunctivitis	·	·	✓
SD	Erythema	·	·	✓
SD	Eye inflammation	·	·	✓
SD	Feeling abnormal	·	·	✓
SD	Headache	·	·	✓
SD	Injection site pain	·	·	✓
SD	Lacrimation increased	·	·	✓
SD	Malaise	✓	✓	✓
SD	Musculoskeletal discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Nasal congestion	·	·	✓
SD	Nausea	✓	✓	✓
SD	Office visit	·	·	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	·	·	✓
SD	Photopsia	·	·	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	·	·	✓
SD	Productive cough	·	·	✓
SD	Pruritus	·	·	✓
SD	Pyrexia	·	·	✓
SD	Rash pustular	·	·	✓
SD	Respiratory tract congestion	·	·	✓
SD	Tinnitus	·	·	✓
SRO	Abdominal discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Abdominal pain upper	·	·	✓
SRO	Adverse reaction	·	·	✓
SRO	Blood glucose increased	·	·	✓
SRO	Body temperature increased	·	·	✓
SRO	Condition aggravated	○	○	○
SRO	Dyspnoea	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Eye irritation	·	·	✓
SRO	Feeling hot	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Insomnia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Limb discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oral herpes	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oropharyngeal pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Peripheral swelling	·	·	✓
SRO	Pre-existing disease	·	·	✓
SRO	Reaction to previous exposure to any vaccine	·	·	✓
SRO	Tinnitus	·	·	✓

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