Fauci’s private texts raised miscarriage concerns he publicly dismissed

Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns early in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign about a potential link between the shots and miscarriage — even as he and other federal health officials publicly assured pregnant women there were “no red flags,” according to a 2021 text chain released Monday by Senate committees investigating the former pandemic response coordinator.

In a Jan. 25, 2021, text sent from his government-issued cellphone, Fauci wrote that he had “asked around a bit more” and learned of a concern that the cytokine storm and fever many people experienced after the second vaccine dose “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”

The messages between Fauci, then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and then-Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are part of a trove of some 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails obtained by Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., who chair the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, respectively.

Private worries, public assurances

In the same exchange, Murthy echoed Fauci’s concern, writing that he had “been hearing the concern about the mRNA causing mutations in the developing fetus as well.” He added that Fauci’s point about the cytokine storm after the second dose was “a really good point.”

Fauci responded later that afternoon, agreeing with Walensky that there was “no data or theoretical reason to believe that vaccinating early versus later in pregnancy would be preferred.” He acknowledged that “some people (even female health care professionals) feel concerned about injecting a ‘genetic’ vaccine very early in pregnancy” and characterized the worry as a “misperception” that mRNA could “get into your genes.”

But just nine days later, on Feb. 3, 2021, Fauci publicly insisted that the FDA had found “no red flags about that, about pregnant women.”

Federal health officials maintained that position through August 2021, when the CDC “strengthened” its recommendation for pregnant women to get vaccinated. At the time, CDC’s Sascha Ellington told CNN, “We are not seeing a signal of safety concerns of the vaccine in pregnancy.”

Vaccine push continued

By Aug. 30, 2021, Fauci was telling the “What to Expect” podcast that “pregnant women should get vaccinated,” citing “10s and 10s and 10s of thousands of women” followed by the CDC with “no indication whatsoever” of increased adverse outcomes.

The newly released texts suggest that Fauci’s private calculus was more complicated. In the January exchange, Murthy noted that WHO had advised against pregnant women taking the Moderna vaccine due to lack of data, prompting a “flurry of questions.” Fauci responded that, as with any vaccine lacking data in pregnant women, “one must weigh the potential risks against the benefits.”

He noted that pregnant women were excluded from vaccine trials but that more than 10,000 had been vaccinated under emergency use authorization, with “no issues” arising. He cited animal toxicology studies and permissive guidance from FDA, ACIP, and ACOG.

Critics allege deception

James A. Thorp, an OB-GYN, told the Permanent Investigations subcommittee in written testimony that the government’s promotion of COVID vaccination to pregnant women constituted “a more egregious breach of medical ethics” than he could conceive, alleging that officials effectively vaccinated unborn children through transplacental transfer.

Thorp also pointed to the so-called Shimabukuro study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April 2021, claiming that while the authors reported a 12.6% miscarriage rate, the raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate among women vaccinated during the first trimester. He said this aligned with an 81% rate in Pfizer’s post-market data and that the figures “mirror the effects of chemical abortion.”

The CDC continues to stand by its recommendation, stating that studies have shown no increased risk of miscarriage, preterm delivery, stillbirth, or birth defects among vaccinated pregnant women. But the new texts raise fresh questions about how much federal health officials knew — and when they knew it.

Source: thefederalist.com — https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/11/texts-fauci-and-friends-covered-up-concerns-about-the-covid-vax-and-miscarriages/