Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that COVID-19 vaccines could theoretically be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester due to cytokine storms and fever after the second dose.
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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
Multiple sources, including the senators' own release of the text chain and fact-checkers quoting it, confirm Fauci wrote in a January 25, 2021 text that cytokine storms and fever after the second dose 'theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.' The claim accurately reflects that statement; the fact-checks rate the broader miscarriage claims false, but the claim.
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… And you might think, oh, Ash, don't say most likely. You can't. They just said, oh, it might be associated, right? I'll read this one, and then we'll get to the next part. Uh, from this says from Dr. Fauci: I asked around a bit more, and another issue came up that you need to be aware of. Since many people have significant cytokines, cytokines, cytokines, cytokine storm and fever after the second dose, this is theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. That's not all. That is not all. This is from Katie Pavlich: the mandated, doctor recommended COVID-19 shot for pregnant women was effectively an abortion shot, according to new documents just released by Senators Johnson and Paul. …
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Supports. The Senators Johnson and Paul press release reproduces the January 25, 2021 text from Fauci saying the vaccine's post-second-dose cytokine storm and fever 'theoretically' could be associated with first-trimester miscarriage.[4]
Supports. PolitiFact and Snopes both quote Fauci's text as saying the second COVID-19 shot 'theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester,' confirming the wording the claim uses.[1][2]
Supports. FactCheck.org describes the text as a single theoretical concern from Fauci, dated January 2021, which was not subsequently borne out by data.[3]
Context. The fact-checks rate the 82% miscarriage figure and the claim that Fauci hid data as false, because the text was written before the April 2021 study data existed and cited no miscarriage data; this context does not contradict that Fauci made the statement.[1][2][5]
Sources
5 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase miscarriage ratespolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Fauci didn't cover up data supposedly showing COVID-19 vaccine had 82% miscarriage ratesnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci's Texts About COVID-19 Shots - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Senators Johnson, Paul Release Additional Texts from Dr. Fauci's ...ronjohnson.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5False claims linking Covid vaccination, miscarriages resurface after ...factcheck.afp.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- Anthony Fauci knew that pregnant women had a higher rate of miscarriage from taking the COVID-19 vaccine.False
- Senator Ron Johnson stated that Dr. Fauci was concerned in January 2021 that the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester.True
- A study on COVID-19 vaccination during the first trimester of pregnancy revealed an 82% miscarriage rate.False
- Raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester.False
- Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul released documents claiming a 12.6% miscarriage rate for pregnant women who received the COVID-19 vaccine.Can’t tell