Multiple officials have reacted on social media following a Senate committee’s release of text messages. These messages reveal that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately expressed concern that fever and other reactions after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose might be linked with miscarriage in the first trimester.
The conversation, from January 2021, came from Fauci’s government-issued cellphone. It shows the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discussing potential issues related to fever and post-vaccination symptoms. Fauci mentioned that such reactions “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”
Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., who shared the conversation alongside Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., criticized Fauci on social media platforms.
“Once again, Anthony Fauci was saying one thing in public and something completely different in private,” Paul commented.
He argued that Fauci prioritized pushing the vaccine over acknowledging potential risks associated with its use in pregnant women.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier also criticized Fauci, accusing him of possibly putting pregnant women and their unborn children at risk by withholding information.
“Pregnant women were told it was safe! How many women lost babies due to Dr. Fauci’s lies?” Uthmeier questioned in a post.
Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., demanded Fauci’s arrest, labeling the situation “the most infuriating thing.”
“Fauci knew Covid shots cause miscarriages. And still forced the shots. Fauci belongs in prison,” Greene stated.
James Uthmeier reiterated concerns regarding potential vaccine risks and raised questions about Fauci’s guidance possibly contributing to miscarriages.
“If a Covid vaccine can kill a baby and cause a miscarriage, imagine all the other things it can do to you,” she mentioned in another post.
Ron Johnson’s press release on the text messages revealed that they “could have an immediate impact [on] public health and the principle of informed consent.” Fauci had previously acknowledged that neither data nor theoretical reasons suggested a preference for vaccinating earlier in pregnancy over later.
He had also pointed out that over 10,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated without any reported issues.
Around that period, Dr. Vivek Murthy, involved in the discussion and later serving as surgeon general under former President Biden, highlighted a WHO recommendation. This recommendation advised against Moderna’s vaccine for pregnant women due to limited data. Murthy warned that a strong anti-vaccination stance, driven by insufficient data, might harm public confidence.
Fox News Digital’s Eric Mack and Bonny Chu contributed to the report.

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