Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Throat irritation
Clinical narrative: Drug ineffective; Suspected COVID-19; it was the 23rd when I started getting a tickle in my throat; cold where you can't breath out of your nose; As sick as I was, I've been sick three times this year, and this time was 7 weeks; cold where you can't breath out of your nose; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team, Program ID. The reporter is the patient.  A 62-year-old female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 29Mar2021 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown), on 20Apr2021 as dose 2, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown), on 25Oct2021 as dose 3 (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) and on 05May2022 as dose 4 (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Immune issues" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: she has "immune issues" and states that "I'm not 65 yet, and I've had both pneumonia shots". The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (I have had both pneumonia shots, Dose number: 01, Manufacturer: Unknown); Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (I have had both pneumonia shots, Dose number: 02, Manufacturer: Unknown). The following information was reported: THROAT IRRITATION (non-serious) with onset 23May2022, outcome "unknown", described as "it was the 23rd when I started getting a tickle in my throat"; ILLNESS (non-serious) with onset 2022, outcome "unknown", described as "As sick as I was, I've been sick three times this year, and this time was 7 weeks"; NASAL CONGESTION (non-serious), NASOPHARYNGITIS (non-serious) all with onset 2022, outcome "unknown" and all described as "cold where you can't breath out of your nose"; DRUG INEFFECTIVE (medically significant), outcome "unknown"; SUSPECTED COVID-19 (medically significant), outcome "unknown".  Additional information: It was reported that the patient was asking about the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine. She wanted to know if Pfizer was going to be coming out with a new booster for new variants of COVID, like for Omicron. and she wanted to know if she needed a 5th dose, she has had 4 doses of the vaccine. It was reported that she had immune issues and states that she have had both pneumonia shots. She gave the following dates for her Pfizer Covid19 vaccine doses :29Mar2021; 20Apr2021; 25Oct2021; 05May2022. She reported returning on a plane on the 20th of May2022, and it was the 23rd when she started getting a tickle in her throat noting that was as sick as she was, she had been sick three times this year, and this time was 7 weeks. She knew it did not have anything to do with that shot, she got the shot on the 5th of May and we left Withheld on the 20th and enquired if maybe it was Omicron. She does not know what she had she added she does not relate being sick at all to having that last COVID vaccine 2 and a half weeks earlier. She related getting sick it to catching a virus from somebody. Getting the cold where you could not breath out of your nose, that type of thing citing maybe picking up illness from someone during travel or at the motel. She stated, she hadn't gotten sick on Pfizer shots. Regarding the in-development Omicron-specific Pfizer COVID19 vaccine, she enquired if everyone would be required to get this new formulation.  The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2 has been requested and will be submitted if and when received.