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Report #2861860

Received Sep 27, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
29 yrs
State
MA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Sep 27, 2025
Onset
Sep 27, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (MODERNA))MODERNAUNK8146670IM / LA

Symptoms (1)

Wrong product administered

Symptom narrative

I visited the pharmacy Friday 9/26 at 6:30pm and asked the pharmacist if they had the updated Novavax vaccine. They told me yes. I asked for an appointment for the Novavax vaccine as soon as possible because this vaccine has longer protection, less side effects, and is effective against all COVID-19 strains and variants as opposed to the m-RNA vaccines of Moderna and Pfizer which provide protection for half as long and have worse side effects. It is a protein subunit vaccine which clinicial research shows has benefits over the other 2 COVID shots. I was sick for several days after my Moderna shot previously and wanted the Novavax shot. Today, 9/27, I showed up and asked the pharmacy technician "Just to confirm, I'm getting Novavax right?" and he replied "Yes." Once the Nurse helped me, I saw a box on the counter and it said "2025-2026" on it. I asked the Nurse again "Is that Novavax?" and she said "Yes." When I got home, my vaccine record from pharmacy said I had received the Spike Vax created by Moderna. Pharmacy has violated my rights because they did not have my consent for the Moderna vaccine, only the Novavax vaccine. I called pharmacy and let them know of their error. They told me they are conducting an investigation and that in their system, I was scheduled for a Moderna Vaccine. The policies and procedures of pharmacy were insufficient to prevent this misttake from happening. This mistake also happened in 2024, and I had to correct the pharmacist that she was about to give me a non- Novavax shot.

Current illness

Pulsatile Tinnitus left ear

Medical history

N/A

Other medications

Zyrtec 10mg, Multivitamin, Probiotics

Allergies

Penicillin, Bactrim, Lactose Intolerance

Lab data

None