Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk
Senators release messages from 2021 where Fauci discussed theoretical link to first-trimester miscarriage
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Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk
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What this story says
- Anthony Fauci sent a text on 25 January 2021 expressing concern that cytokine storm and fever after the second COVID-19 vaccine dose could theoretically be linked to first-trimester miscarriage.
- The texts were released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson from over 34,000 messages obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
- Fauci publicly stated on 3 February 2021 that the FDA had found no red flags for pregnant women receiving the vaccine.
- The Senate committee noted only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, and it is unclear whether any data has been deleted.
Who covered it
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Craft
75/100
Hype
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Thin on the left so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
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On 25 January 2021, Anthony Fauci sent a text message to then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. In it, he wrote that fever and cytokine storm after the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could theoretically be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. The message was part of a batch of over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails obtained from Fauci’s government-issued phone by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
The texts were released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson. The committee’s statement noted that only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, and it is too early to determine whether any data has been deleted. On 3 February 2021, Fauci publicly stated that the FDA had found no red flags regarding the vaccine’s safety for pregnant women.
What the coverage left out
No left- or centre-rated outlet ran this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the Senate committee’s statement that only three contacts are listed on Fauci’s phone, or the uncertainty over whether data has been deleted.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 10 Aug 2026, 20:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
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Centre
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- The New York Post led with Fauci’s private concern about a theoretical link between the vaccine and miscarriage, contrasting it with his public statements that there were no red flags for pregnant women. The report quoted the text directly: “Since many people have significant cytokines storm and fever after the 2nd dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”
- The digests from The Gateway Pundit, Just the News, and The Daily Sceptic all carried the release of the texts by Senators Paul and Johnson. The Gateway Pundit and Just the News mentioned the discussion between Fauci, Walensky, and Murthy. The Daily Sceptic did not reference the miscarriage concern in its digest, focusing instead on Fauci’s public statements about COVID-19’s fatality rate.
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8- Senator Ron Johnson Reveals Fauci Texts and Horrific Vaccine Induced Abortion Rate Hidden Within the Data (opens The Last Refuge in a new tab)
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- ‘Clearly a deception’: Bombshell Fauci text messages reveal shocking admission about COVID-shot dangers * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs (opens WND in a new tab)
- Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show (opens New York Post in a new tab)
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- BREAKING: Senators Johnson and Rand Paul Release First Batch of Texts From Fauci’s Covid-Era iPhone That Reveals Shocking Admission About Pregnant Women * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
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- Ron Johnson, Rand Paul release first batch of texts from Fauci's phone (opens Just the News in a new tab)
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- Fauci discussed COVID mRNA vaccine concerns for pregnant women in text chain released by Senate committee (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- What They Found on Fauci’s Phone Should Alarm Every Pregnant Woman Who Took the COVID Shot (opens RedState in a new tab)
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- Why Did Fauci Exaggerate the Threat From COVID-19? (opens The Daily Sceptic in a new tab)
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1Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 89% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is the coverage of Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk biased?
- Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Fauci texts show private concern over COVID vaccine and miscarriage risk?
- 10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Fauci say in the text about the COVID vaccine and miscarriage?
- On 25 January 2021, Anthony Fauci texted that fever and cytokine storm after the second COVID-19 vaccine dose could theoretically be linked to first-trimester miscarriage. He sent the message to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. The texts were released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson.
- Did Fauci publicly address concerns about the vaccine and pregnant women?
- Yes. On 3 February 2021, Fauci publicly stated that the FDA had found no red flags regarding the COVID-19 vaccine’s safety for pregnant women. This was nine days after he privately raised theoretical concerns about miscarriage risk in a text message.
- How many texts were obtained from Fauci’s phone?
- The Senate Homeland Security Committee obtained over 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails from Anthony Fauci’s government-issued phone. The first batch of these messages was released by Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson in August 2026.
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