Fauci said ‘no red flags’ for pregnant women days after raising theoretical vaccine miscarriage risk: text

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr.

Anthony Fauci privately raised a theoretical risk of first-trimester miscarriage tied to reactions from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — then publicly said thousands of vaccinated pregnant women had shown "no red flags." Newly released text messages from Fauci’s government-issued phone , made public by Sens.

Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., show the contrast between his private discussion and later public reassurances.

In a Jan.

25, 2021 exchange with then-CDC Director Dr.

Rochelle Walensky and Dr.

Vivek Murthy, Fauci discussed fever and other immune reactions some people had experienced after a second mRNA vaccine dose.

That reaction, Fauci wrote, "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester," according to the messages.

FAUCI HELD IN CONTEMPT AS COVID CELLPHONE LANDS IN HANDS OF SENATE INVESTIGATORS Walensky responded that it was "definitely a good point, esp after dose two," while Murthy called Fauci’s observation "a really good point." On Feb.

3, 2021, Fauci said more than 10,000 pregnant women had received COVID-19 vaccines without any concerning safety signals being detected, CNBC reported at the time.

"The FDA … have found, thus far … no red flags about that, about pregnant women," Fauci said during an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.

One week later, Fauci repeated the reassurance.

During a Feb.

10 White House briefing, Fauci said approximately 20,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated and that officials had seen "no red flags," Politico , The Daily Mail and the New York Post reported at the time.