Fauci Privately Warned COVID-19 Shot Could ‘Theoretically’ Trigger Miscarriage Risk, Newly Released Texts Show

Dr. Anthony Fauci said in private text messages with other federal health officials that the COVID-19 vaccine could “theoretically” pose a risk of miscarriage for pregnant women after the second dose.

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases noted that because “many people have a cytokine storm and fever after the second dose” of the vaccine, “this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.” The January 2021 text thread took place during the early weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

A cytokine storm occurs when the body releases too many small proteins called cytokines into the blood too fast, which causes extreme swelling and can lead to organ failure and death, according to the National Institutes of Health.

However, Fauci and other top health officials in the Biden administration said afterward that pregnant women should get the vaccine.

In August 2021, Fauci said, “Tens and tens, and tens of thousands of women who have been followed by the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], who have been vaccinated when they were pregnant, there’s no indication whatsoever that there’s any increase of any adverse issues in a pregnant woman who was vaccinated compared to a pregnant woman who wasn’t vaccinated … it’s pretty clear that pregnant women should get vaccinated.”

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as well as the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, obtained 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails from Fauci’s phone as part of their investigation into his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panels published the first batch of text messages on Monday.

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress last week and referred the citation to the Justice Department after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times before the committee on July 29.

The committees released the text chain between Fauci, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, dated Jan. 25-26, 2021. The topic was pregnant women and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Murthy first asked on Jan. 25, 2021, “For pregnant women considering getting a vaccine, are you aware of any data or theoretical reason why vaccinating early vs. late in the pregnancy would be preferred? I’ve been telling pregnant women there hasn’t been any evidence of concerning adverse outcomes in the trials.”

Walensky replied, “My understanding is that this is all data free.”

At 4:56 p.m. that day, Fauci replied, “There are no data or theoretical reason to believe that vaccinating early vs. late in pregnancy would be preferred.”

He continued, saying there is anxiety and a misperception about the safety of mRNA, and said, “When the misperception gets extended to an early developing fetus, the anxiety heightens.”

However, at 6:45 p.m., he sent another text expressing more concern.

“I asked around a bit and another issue came up that you need to be aware of,” Fauci said. “Since many people have a cytokine storm and fever after the second dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”

Murthy responded on Jan. 26, saying, “Did you see this announcement from WHO [World Health Organization] saying they advise against pregnant women taking the Moderna [vaccine because] of lack of data?”

Fauci replied, “In any vaccine in which the data are lacking in pregnant women, one must weigh the potential risks against the benefits.” He said that 10,000 women had been vaccinated and that “no issues have arisen.”

Later that year, public health officials recommended that pregnant women be vaccinated against COVID-19.

On Sept. 29, 2021, Walensky said, “CDC strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccination either before or during pregnancy because the benefits of vaccination outweigh known or potential risks.”

On Feb. 1, 2022, Murthy said, “The data points show that the vaccines are safe during these various stages before and during pregnancy.”

During an Oval Office press gaggle Monday, a reporter asked President Donald Trump about the text messages.

“Well, the Biden administration was a disaster in every way. That would be just one way,” Trump responded Monday. “They have been a disaster in every single one. It’s unimaginable what they did, and I forget about weaponization, forget even about things as important as what you say, the open borders, the men in women’s sports, it’s just been horrible, this disaster, the highest inflation in history. And we’re doing a great job.”