Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show

August 11, 2026

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could “theoretically” be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers, despite having publicly insisted there were “no red flags” for pregnant women.

“I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of,” wrote Fauci in a Jan. 25, 2021, text exchange with then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

“Since many people have significant cytokines storm and fever after the 2nd dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester,” added the then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director.

Fauci, Walensky and Murthy had been discussing whether the vaccine posed any risks to women who followed the two-shot regimen earlier or later in their pregnancies.

Walensky responded to Fauci that the first trimester issues he raised were “definitely a good point, [especially] after dose two.”

Days later, on Feb. 3, Fauci said during a question-and-answer livestream with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that the FDA “found thus far, and we have to be careful, but thus far no red flags about that, about pregnant women.”

Months later, the Biden White House’s chief medical adviser also said, “tens and tens and tens of thousands of women who have been followed by the CDC, 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.”

Other communications between Fauci, Murthy and Walensky also showed them weighing the potential risks of vaccination against the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2, the virus caused by COVID-19.

Murthy also mentioned he was “surprised to see WHO [World Health Organization] put out a strong like saying they do not recommend moderna [sic] in pregnant women.”

“That’s a strong statement to make and potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women,” he told Fauci and Walensky in a text from Jan. 26, 2021.

The messages, released by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), were taken from more than 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week from Fauci’s government-issued cell phone.

According to the Republican senators, just three contacts are listed in that phone but it is “too early to determine whether any data has been deleted.”

Paul earlier this month referred Fauci for prosecution based on the ex-NIAID chief’s refusal to testify before the Homeland Security panel.

Asked whether he’d discussed the potential prosecution with Attorney General Todd Blanche or DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, President Trump told reporters Monday, “I have not spoken to them about that, no.”

Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions during a July 29 hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic and so-called “gain of function” research supported by US grants.

Paul has also accused Fauci and his assistants of allegedly deleting federal records that could be critical to uncovering the origins of COVID.

After the hearing, Paul and Johnson announced that they’d obtained a forensic copy of Fauci’s government-issued cell phone to review, but that emails had already showed evidence that US public health higher-ups asked for the deletion of some records.

One of those senior officials, ex-CDC Immunization Safety Office Director Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, has already been accused by Johnson of deleting emails on adverse COVID jab reactions.

“We’ve invited Anthony Fauci now for a transcribed interview,” Johnson also announced on Fox News’ “America Reports” Monday. “He’s been quoted as saying he’s not afraid of congressional oversight. He’ll talk to any oversight committee; he’s got nothing to hide; so we’re going to give him that opportunity.”

“Quite honestly,” Johnson added, “he’s the only guy that can answer some of these questions. So we’ll give him another opportunity. We’ve invited him. His attorneys have contacted us. If they don’t set that up voluntarily, I will subpoena him.”