{"id":77234,"date":"2026-08-10T17:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/fauci-texts-raising-theoretical-miscarriage-concern-after-covid-vaccine-dose-spark-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:56:13","slug":"fauci-texts-raising-theoretical-miscarriage-concern-after-covid-vaccine-dose-spark-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/fauci-texts-raising-theoretical-miscarriage-concern-after-covid-vaccine-dose-spark-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci texts raising theoretical miscarriage concern after COVID vaccine dose spark backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple officials erupted on social media after a Senate committee released text messages Monday showing Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised a theoretical concern that fever and other reactions after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester.<\/p>\n<p>The January 2021 conversation, obtained from Fauci&#8217;s government-issued cellphone, shows the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discussing concerns about fever and other symptoms following a second <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccine dose<\/a>. Fauci wrote that the reaction &#8220;theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who released the conversation with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., blasted Fauci on social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fauci-discussed-covid-mrna-vaccine-concerns-pregnant-women-text-chain-released-senate-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FAUCI DISCUSSED COVID MRNA VACCINE CONCERNS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN TEXT CHAIN RELEASED BY SENATE COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once again, Anthony Fauci was saying one thing in public and something completely different in private,&#8221; Paul said in a post on X. &#8220;He was willing to put women and their unborn children at risk instead of admitting that he was wrong about the vaccines that he tried guilting Americans into taking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier<\/a> also blasted the former top health official, accusing him of withholding information that could have put pregnant women and their unborn children at risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/womens-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pregnant women<\/a> were told it was safe! How many women lost babies due to Dr. Fauci&#8217;s lies,&#8221; Uthmeier said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., took a step further, calling for Fauci&#8217;s arrest in an ordeal she called &#8220;the most infuriating thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fauci knew Covid shots cause miscarriages. And still forced the shots. Fauci belongs in prison,&#8221; Greene said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fauci-hhs-iphone-turned-senate-investigators-contempt-vote-looms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>FAUCI&#8217;S HHS IPHONE TURNED OVER TO SENATE INVESTIGATORS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a Covid vaccine can kill a baby and cause a miscarriage, then imagine all the other things it can do to you. And Fauci knew it and still told people to take it,&#8221; she added in a separate post.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s press release on the text messages said the findings &#8220;could have an immediate impact [on] public health and the principle of informed consent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Fauci had previously acknowledged that there were &#8220;no data or theoretical reason&#8221; to believe vaccination earlier in pregnancy should be preferred over vaccination later in pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that more than 10,000 pregnant women had already been vaccinated with &#8220;no issues&#8221; reported.<\/p>\n<p>Around that time, Dr. Vivek Murthy, who was part of the conversation and would later serve as former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Joe Biden&#8217;s<\/a> surgeon general, flagged a World Health Organization recommendation against Moderna&#8217;s vaccine for pregnant women due to limited data.<\/p>\n<p>Murthy said issuing a strong recommendation against vaccination based on a lack of data could be &#8220;potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Eric Mack contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple officials erupted on social media after a Senate committee released text messages Monday showing Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised a theoretical concern that fever and other reactions after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. 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