{"id":2646042,"date":"2026-08-17T12:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-ignored-reports-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects-new-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:58:59","slug":"fauci-ignored-reports-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects-new-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-ignored-reports-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects-new-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci ignored reports of COVID vaccine side effects, new documents show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffauci-ignored-reports-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects-new-documents-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Newly released emails and text messages reveal that Dr. Anthony Fauci was informed in early 2021 by senior health officials about potential complications related to COVID-19 vaccines,including adverse events and risks such as miscarriage. Documents show Fauci was aware that safety studies on vaccine effects during early pregnancy may have been lacking, as initial trials excluded pregnant women. Despite this, post-market studies later confirmed no increased miscarriage risk from vaccination. Additionally, communications indicate Fauci discussed concerns about vaccine side effects with CDC and FDA officials, acknowledging uncertainties and the challenges in studying post-vaccination symptoms. Ongoing investigations by Senate Republicans are examining Fauci\u2019s role during the pandemic, including his possible involvement in funding research related to the virus and his handling of vaccine side effects. Fauci has refused further congressional testimony, citing political harassment. The released materials contribute to scrutiny over the government\u2019s pandemic response and vaccine safety concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1404\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> was made aware of possible <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-vaccination\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11267\">COVID-19 vaccine<\/a> complications by other senior-level public health officials in early 2021, according to new emails and text messages released by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1354\">Senate Republicans<\/a> on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documents released by Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"230\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-johnson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2760\">Ron Johnson<\/a> (R-WI) show Fauci, the 85-year-old former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was informed by leadership at other federal health agencies of both adverse events from the COVID-19 vaccine as well as a possible risk of miscarriage.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4689602\/fauci-ignored-reports-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects-new-documents-show\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fauci ignored reports of COVID vaccine side effects, new documents show<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4688859\/republicans-attack-terry-moran-fauci-covid-19-coverage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Paul calls out Fauci after former news anchor says he influenced COVID-19 coverage<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4688729\/fauci-declines-appear-second-senate-panel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fauci declines to appear before a second Senate panel after contempt vote<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new documents, released Sunday morning, follow a revival of scrutiny of Fauci\u2019s role in steering the pandemic-era policies of the Trump and Biden administrations after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a high-profile Senate hearing on July 29. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text messages from Fauci\u2019s government-issued cellphone released last week by Johnson and Paul showed Fauci had a conversation in January 2021 with then-CDC director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rochelle-walensky\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3515\">Rochelle Walensky<\/a> and former Surgeon General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-murthy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3080\">Vivek Murthy<\/a> about the possibility the COVID-19 vaccine could cause miscarriages during early pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New text messages show that Fauci <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/2026\/08\/16\/senators-johnson-paul-release-additional-texts-from-dr-faucis-government-iphone\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/2026\/08\/16\/senators-johnson-paul-release-additional-texts-from-dr-faucis-government-iphone\/\">followed up on this conversation<\/a> with the then-director of the NIAID Vaccine Research Center, Dr. John Mascola, confirming that safety studies of the COVID vaccine had not been performed on women in the first trimester of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInitial Studies avoided vaccination in first trimester due to possible fever and higher rates of miscarriage in first trimester,\u201d Mascola texted Fauci on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear what initial studies were conducted, as the pre-clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccines excluded pregnant women. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within an hour of receiving the text from Mascola, Fauci texted Murthy and Walensky saying, \u201cSince many people have significant cytokines storm and fever after the 2nd dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple post-market studies have since confirmed that there is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4687582\/covid-19-vaccines-pregnancy-fauci-prasad\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4687582\/covid-19-vaccines-pregnancy-fauci-prasad\/\">no increased risk of miscarriage<\/a> following the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. Between 10% and 20% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP26210531164132.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-other-vaccine-complications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other vaccine complications<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/May-27-2021-Janet-Woodcock-to-Fauci-and-Collins-re-vaccine-adverse-events.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/May-27-2021-Janet-Woodcock-to-Fauci-and-Collins-re-vaccine-adverse-events.pdf\">email<\/a> between Fauci and then-Acting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fda\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1169\">Food and Drug Administration <\/a>Commissioner Janet Woodcock shows Fauci was made aware of potential adverse complications from the COVID-19 vaccine in the spring of 2021 at the height of the mass vaccination campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson and Paul also released an email chain on Sunday from Woodcock to Fauci dated May 2021, in which the then-FDA chief explained she had been contacted by various healthcare professionals regarding an array of symptoms experienced by their patients after taking the COVID-19 vaccine and boosters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodcock said the adverse effect symptoms \u201cdo not fit together into a distinctive syndrome and most are not easily quantifiable or evaluated with standard laboratory testing,\u201d nor would they be sufficiently detected by the adverse event reporting systems from the CDC. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the Biden administration\u2019s mass vaccination campaign, the FDA chief said many of the side effects would likely breed mistrust if not addressed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClearly during mass vaccination you will get a lot of psychological reactions and it is hard to sort these things out,\u201d Woodcock said. \u201cBut the people\u2019s main complaint is that no one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodcock also said she doubted \u201cfor obvious reasons\u201d that the pharmaceutical industry would support investigating possible side effects but \u201cif you let a problem fester, then it will come back to bite you later and you are not prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of other emails released as part of the congressional investigation from both the House and Senate into Fauci\u2019s conduct during the pandemic demonstrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE ...: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">top infectious disease doctor<\/a> was highly skeptical of any possible anti-vaccine sentiment at this stage of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving the email from Woodcock, Fauci contacted the National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins to relay the message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot ignore her,\u201d Fauci wrote, adding that they should contact Walensky for a CDC opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul and Johnson did not release any further messages from this conversation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP26210527245745.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-ongoing-investigation-from-senate-gop\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ongoing investigation from Senate GOP<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul, chairman of the Senate homeland security committee, and Johnson, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, have each been pursuing long-running investigations into government conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4666624\/anthony-fauci-testifies-senate-what-know\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4666624\/anthony-fauci-testifies-senate-what-know\/\">Paul\u2019s investigation<\/a> into Fauci has honed in on Fauci\u2019s potential role in funding research that may have created SARS-CoV-2, Johnson\u2019s investigation has almost solely focused on the side effects of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson routinely uses the term \u201cinjection\u201d for the COVID-19 inoculation, saying that it is not a \u201cvaccine\u201d intended to provide immunity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fauci rejected Johnson\u2019s request for a private transcribed interview session for PSI. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former top doctor\u2019s attorney wrote in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthony-fauci-covid-senate-contempt-15af424942646d9d43257d72e8bbd561\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthony-fauci-covid-senate-contempt-15af424942646d9d43257d72e8bbd561\">letter to Johnson<\/a> that any effort to compel Fauci to testify again before the committee would be to \u201cimpermissibly harass or degrade Dr. Fauci for political purposes.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Fauci\u2019s legal representation for this story. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fauci knew of COVID vaccine issues early 2021, emails show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2646043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-beamlwqh5-1786978302210-e1786978456820.jpg?1786968250&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32496,4434,84283,32068,45708],"class_list":["post-2646042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-fauci","tag-medical-reports","tag-public-health","tag-side-effects"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-beamlwqh5-1786978302210-e1786978456820.jpg?1786968250&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646046,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646042\/revisions\/2646046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}