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Fauci Texts Show Private Pregnancy Vaccine Concerns Differed From Public Statements

Newly released government communications reveal a gap between what senior federal health officials said publicly about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and what they expressed privately — a...

The Congressional Times · August 10, 2026

Text messages sent to or from Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic, released as part of a congressional inquiry, show that Fauci, then-CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and then-Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy privately discussed concerns about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women, according to reporting by the Washington Examiner citing the disclosed communications. The release represents the first batch of texts obtained by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which is conducting oversight of federal health agency communications during the pandemic.

The public guidance from federal health agencies during the period in question consistently encouraged pregnant individuals to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The CDC's official website, archived through the Wayback Machine and current CDC records, stated that COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for people who are pregnant, recently pregnant, or planning to become pregnant. The precise wording and timing of the private text exchanges relative to those public recommendations has not been fully disclosed in the first document release.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, whose jurisdiction includes government oversight and the examination of federal agencies, has not yet released the full text of the messages or a complete timeline of the communications. The subcommittee's chairmanship and the specific senators driving the inquiry were not fully detailed in the available source material at time of publication. The subcommittee's records, which are public congressional documents, would identify the lead investigators and the scope of the document request.

Neither Dr. Fauci, who departed as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December 2022, nor Dr. Walensky, who left the CDC in June 2023, have issued publicly recorded statements in response to the first batch of released texts as of August 10, 2026. Dr. Murthy's current status as Surgeon General ended with the change of administration; no public response from him regarding the texts was available in the source material.

What remains unknown includes the complete contents of the first batch of texts, the methodology used to obtain them, whether the communications were produced voluntarily or under subpoena, and whether additional batches are forthcoming. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' official records, including any subpoena logs or document production agreements, would answer those questions. The full text of the communications, if entered into the congressional record, would constitute the primary public document for independent verification of any specific claims about the nature of the private concerns expressed.

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