Fauci privately raised miscarriage concern over COVID vaccine while publicly saying 'no red flags'

WASHINGTON, DC: In January 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine might, at least in theory, be linked to first-trimester miscarriages.

Not long after, Fauci publicly assured viewers there were no red flags for pregnant women. The texts were obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee from his government-issued cell phone and released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson.

Fauci raised miscarriage concerns in private texts

“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.”

Fauci later said there were no red flags for pregnant women

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.”

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 that causes COVID-19.

Fauci phone records fuel broader records dispute

These messages were among a fraction of the more than 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails the committee obtained from Fauci's phone.

Republican senators noted that the phone listed only three contacts, which they said raised ongoing questions about whether Fauci deleted any data.

During a July 29 hearing, Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right and chose not to answer questions about COVID-19's origins and federally funded gain-of-function research.

Senator Paul responded by saying he was pushing for prosecution over Fauci's refusal to testify.

When reporters asked Trump on Monday if he had talked about prosecuting Fauci with Attorney General Todd Blanche or the DC U.S. Attorney, Trump said, “I have not spoken to them about that, no.”

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 had obtained a forensic copy of Fauci's government-issued cell phone to review. They also said emails had already shown evidence that US public health officials asked for the deletion of some records.

“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.”