Newly released text messages show leading Biden administration health officials privately discussing whether COVID 19 vaccination early in pregnancy could raise the risk of miscarriage.
The concerns surfaced during the first week of the Biden presidency, even as officials publicly worked to reassure Americans about vaccine safety.
The messages came from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government-issued cellphone and were released by Republican Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
They involved Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and then Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky.
Murthy asked Fauci and Walensky whether there was “any data or theoretical reason why vaccinating early vs late in pregnancy would be preferred.”
The question went directly to a major uncertainty surrounding pregnant women, a group that had not been meaningfully represented in the original vaccine trials.
