Bombshell Fauci Texts Reveal Shocking Vaccine Concerns

Bombshell newly released text messages are reopening one of the most bitter debates of the COVID era after revealing that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns about the possible effects of mRNA vaccines on pregnant women while federal officials were working out what to tell the public.

The January 2021 exchange shows Fauci discussing whether the intense fever and inflammatory response some people experienced after their second COVID vaccine dose could theoretically increase the risk of miscarriage during the first trimester.

The stunning discussion involved some of the most powerful health officials in America at the time, including Fauci, then-CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Vivek Murthy, who would later become President Joe Biden’s surgeon general.

Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky released the messages Monday, instantly giving fresh ammunition to critics who have spent years questioning how much uncertainty federal officials privately acknowledged during the vaccine rollout.

Murthy kicked off the conversation by asking whether pregnant women should receive the vaccine earlier or later in pregnancy and whether officials had seen any evidence of adverse outcomes among women who had already received the shots.

Fauci initially said there were “no data or theoretical reason” to prefer vaccination at one stage of pregnancy over another.

He also rejected fears that mRNA vaccines could alter a person’s genes.

But later in the exchange, Fauci raised a much more alarming possibility.

Because many recipients suffered significant cytokine-related symptoms and fever after their second dose, Fauci wrote that the reaction “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”

Walensky immediately acknowledged the concern.

“Definitely a good point, esp after dose two,” she responded.

Murthy also called Fauci’s observation “a really good point,” while saying he had heard concerns about whether mRNA technology could cause mutations in a developing fetus.

The private discussion grew even more complicated the following day.

Murthy alerted Fauci and Walensky that the World Health Organization was, at that time, advising against routine use of Moderna’s vaccine in pregnant women because there was not yet enough data.

Murthy appeared startled by the recommendation and warned that telling pregnant women not to get vaccinated simply because of limited evidence could be “potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women.”

Walensky agreed and said she planned to raise the issue during an upcoming meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Fauci, however, stressed that officials also had to weigh any theoretical vaccine risks against the dangers COVID itself posed during pregnancy.

He said more than 10,000 pregnant women had already been vaccinated with “no issues” reported at that point.

Fauci also pointed to guidance from the FDA, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which allowed pregnant women to decide for themselves whether to receive the vaccine.

Animal toxicology studies had also failed to produce warning signs, he noted.

Still, the newly exposed messages offer a revealing glimpse into just how much uncertainty top health officials were debating behind the scenes during the frantic early months of the vaccine rollout.

And for Republicans who have spent years accusing federal health agencies of minimizing unanswered questions during the pandemic, the texts are certain to become Exhibit A in the latest round of scrutiny.

The disclosure comes as Fauci once again finds himself at the center of investigations into the government’s COVID response.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is examining Fauci’s pandemic-era conduct, while Republican officials have also raised questions about former President Joe Biden’s sweeping preemptive pardon of Fauci before leaving office.

The texts do not establish that mRNA vaccines caused miscarriages, and Fauci never claimed in the exchange that such a link had been proven.

But they do show something critics are likely to seize on: behind closed doors, some of the country’s most influential health officials were wrestling with theoretical pregnancy risks, limited data and fears about public confidence at the same time Americans were being urged to trust rapidly evolving vaccine guidance.

Years later, those private conversations are finally coming into public view — and they are certain to reignite questions about what officials knew, what they worried about and how much of that uncertainty was shared with the American people.