Fauci was told about questions over COVID-19 vaccines and miscarriages, new texts show
Paul released the messages and questioned Fauci at a Senate hearing about his pandemic response.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe New York Post is an established national outlet with named bylines, but its tabloid style and the lack of article-specific information about corrections or reporting methods temper confidence in its institutional standards.
- Source type — Established national publisher, though tabloid presentation warrants some caution.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is credited.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes key claims to messages and provides some scientific context, but does not describe its verification process.
- Correction history — No correction information is present in the article.
The report quotes the underlying messages, attributes claims, and notes both the early lack of data and later studies finding no strong link. Its account relies heavily on records released by two senators, offers limited independent sourcing, and does not include a response from Fauci.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents the texts raising theoretical concerns alongside the lack of early data and later studies finding no strong link to miscarriage. However, it relies substantially on records released by the senators and gives limited space to independent expert perspectives or Fauci’s response.
- Source diversity — The central evidence is a set of records released by two senators; independent voices are limited.
- Counterarguments presented — It notes later studies found no strong link between vaccination and miscarriage.
- Omitted context — The article says the messages’ full context is unclear and gives little detail about how the documents were verified.
- Loaded language — Several colloquial descriptions modestly color an otherwise reportorial account.
The reporting is mostly factual, but some colloquial and adversarial descriptions give the account a slight rightward tilt. It also includes later research that complicates the concern raised by the messages.
- Language tone — Terms such as “arch-nemesis,” “jab,” and “grill” add a mildly adversarial, colloquial tone.
- Framing — The article foregrounds previously undisclosed concerns about vaccine data and miscarriage risk.
- Source selection — The newly released records come from senators pursuing Fauci’s phone, while independent sourcing is limited.
Texts released by Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson show Anthony Fauci discussing the lack of first-trimester pregnancy data and a theoretical miscarriage risk from COVID-19 vaccination. The article also reports later studies found no strong link between vaccination and miscarriage.
A Jan. 25, 2021, text from vaccine researcher John Mascola told Fauci that initial studies had avoided vaccination in the first trimester because of possible fever and miscarriage risk. Fauci replied that fever after vaccination could theoretically be associated with miscarriage. The article notes that early-pregnancy vaccine data were lacking at the time, and cites later studies that found no strong link between vaccination and miscarriage.
The article says Paul and Johnson released the messages while seeking records from Fauci’s government-issued phone. It also describes a separate exchange in which FDA official Janet Woodcock raised concerns about tracking adverse vaccine effects; Fauci forwarded her email to Francis Collins and suggested involving the CDC. The article says what happened after that exchange is unclear.
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SWIPE →Senator who released the texts and questioned Fauci about his pandemic response
Senator who sought Fauci’s phone records and released the messages
Johnson's version of this story ↗Then-surgeon general who asked about data or theoretical reasons to time vaccination during pregnancy
Then-director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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