Are Anthony Fauci’s newly released texts being used to spread false claims about COVID-19 vaccines?
A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves waits in line for groceries during a food pantry during the COVID-19 virus outbreak in 2020, at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass. Associated Press Photo
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has revived a years-old inaccurate theory that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher rates of miscarriages.
As part of a Senate investigation into former U.S. infectious diseases chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, Johnson pointed to publicly released text messages Fauci exchanged with two of former President Joe Biden’s top health officials. In them, Fauci wrote that some reported vaccine effects “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.”
In a video posted Aug. 10 on Fox News Digital, Johnson said these texts showed Fauci knew about miscarriage risks that health officials weren’t publicly acknowledging at the time.
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