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Report #2859487

Received Sep 17, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
Age unknown
State
—
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Nov 1, 2024
Onset
Sep 9, 2025
Days to onset
312
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH1——

Symptoms (3)

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2 testVaccination failure

Symptom narrative

The patient has been getting the Pfizer COVID boosters yearly and the last one was in Nov2024, but this is the second time he got covid19; The patient has been getting the Pfizer COVID boosters yearly and the last one was in Nov2024, but this is the second time he got covid19; This is a spontaneous report received from a Nurse from medical information team. A 21-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 omicron (kp.2) (COMIRNATY (2024-2025 FORMULA)), in Nov2024 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Type 1 diabetes" (unspecified if ongoing); "Covid 19" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: but this is the second time he got covid19. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Past drug history included: Lantus for type 1 diabetes, notes: two types of insulin everyday (Humalog as needed, Lantus once daily); Humalog for type 1 diabetes, notes: two types of insulin everyday (Humalog as needed, Lantus once daily). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (DOSE 1, SINGLE), for COVID-19 Immunization; Bnt162b2 (DOSE 2, SINGLE), for COVID-19 Immunization. The following information was reported: VACCINATION FAILURE (medically significant), COVID-19 (medically significant) all with onset 09Sep2025, outcome "unknown" and all described as "The patient has been getting the Pfizer COVID boosters yearly and the last one was in Nov2024, but this is the second time he got covid19". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: SARS-CoV-2 test: (09Sep2025) Positive, notes: He tested positive for Covid 19 yesterday. Clinical course: The patient was considered high risk due to his diabetes. He tested positive for Covid 19 yesterday (09Sep2025). He just got the coupon for Paxlovid and had not started Paxlovid yet. Yesterday the patient took one Mucinex in the morning and one in the evening and one "cough pearl". This morning the patient took one Mucinex and one "cough pearl". The patient had been getting the Pfizer COVID boosters yearly and the last one was in Nov2024, but this was the second time he got covid19. This was the first time he was going to take Paxlovid but this was the second time he had COVID. He got Pfizer and then basically he had all the Pfizer's. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of vaccination failure, covid-19.; Sender's Comments: Vaccine efficacy varies from person to person and is subject to many other factors. The association between the event lack of effect (COVID-19) with COMIRNATY (2024-2025 FORMULA) can not be fully excluded.

Medical history

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: COVID-19 (but this is the second time he got covid19.); Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Lab data

Test Date: 20250909; Test Name: COVID-19; Test Result: Positive ; Comments: He tested positive for Covid 19 yesterday.