Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood pressure measurement, Chills, Dizziness, Dyspnoea, Fatigue
Clinical narrative: pain at the injection site; feeling unwell; felt a little, slight difficulty breathing; chills/slight chills, but it went away; tiredness/tiredness and run down; lightheadedness/head was lightheaded; Pain in arm; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 67-years-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: E19262, Expiration date was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 07Feb2021 11:30 (at the age of 67-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history was not reported. Concomitant medication(s) included atenolol (ATENOLOL); atorvastatin (ATORVASTATIN); acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRIN 81) all taken for an unspecified indication, start and stop date were not reported. Patient previously received FLU SHOT had about 4-6 hours of arm pain or any adverse effects, and FLU SHOT second shot was about 2 hours of adverse events and there was not a reaction whatsoever after the 3rd. No other vaccines given the same day or 4 weeks prior. It was reported that patinet was upset that there was no data on the percentage of people who had reported having severe allergic reactions now that the vaccine has been given to people. He stated 10 percent of the state of (state name) have gotten the vaccine. That was enough for a clinical trial. There should be data on how many people have had a severe allergic reaction. Patinet stated, he was very very disappointed. when you are putting out a vaccine for people to take. He stated his neighbor said it will be a cold day in hell before she gets the Pfizer vaccine and the doctor said you are right about that decision. He stated, you need to have this information, or part of it, for the public or doctors to be informed. The doctors all say call Pfizer because they all say they don't know and don't have the vaccine. So you need to have the information for us. He stated, he just one of 300 million people, can you send an email to your superiors to get them to speed up or give an approximation of how long it will take to review the adverse events. Patient received the first dose of the vaccine (lot #E19262) and experienced pain at the injection site for one day. Two days later he got chills, tiredness, lightheadedness and was feeling unwell. He did not have a fever, although he turned the air conditioning on and started feeling a little better. He was not experiencing it right now. He called the emergency number, and they took his blood pressure (137/80) and they observed him for a few minutes and they determined he did not need to go to the hospital. The caller asked what should he expect with the second shot. He stated some people say the side effects will be greater after the second dose, if this true. He asked for the percentages of reports of each individual symptom after the first dose compared to the second. He asked about reports of shortness of breath and fast heart rate and what the reports were of people who had had severe allergic reactions. He stated on the television and internet there was data on how many people have passed away from the vaccine. He also stated the information that was handed to him about the vaccine was given to him after the vaccine when it should have been given to him before. He stated with the first flu shot that occurred 5 year ago he had about 4-6 hours of arm pain or any adverse effects, and the second shot was about 2 hours of adverse events and there was not a reaction whatsoever after the 3rd. On 07Feb2021 (Sunday) at 11:30am. Had the usual arm pain that lasted for 24 hours. The next yesterday, on 09feb2021, he was feeling the tiredness and run down. Had slight chills, but it went away. Had no joint pain, or redness or swelling at injection site, no swollen lymph nodes, no dizziness, no weakness. Had to call the paramedics because he felt a little, slight difficulty breathing and head was lightheaded. Wants to know how long will this condition last.  Mentions weight was 135 and then clarifies it was 133. No further details provided. Mentions he had blood testing done and takes Atenolol, Atorvastatin, and a 81mg Aspirin. Does not provide any further details. Patient did not go to emergency room or not visited physicians office, but did call paramedics for slight difficulty breathing, head was lightheaded. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood pressure measurement: 137/80 on an unspecified date. The outcome of the events pain at the injection site and feeling unwell was unknown and for events chills/slight chills, but it went away, tiredness/tiredness and run down, pain in arm and felt a little, slight difficulty breathing was recovering.  Follow-up attempts completed. No further information expected.