Numerous large-scale studies have found Covid-19 vaccines to be beneficial during pregnancy, with no evidence they increase the rate of miscarriages. But Australian social media users have latched on to newly released private text threads involving Anthony Fauci to revive false claims the mRNA shots harm pregnant people -- echoing conservative US politicians who accuse the infectious disease expert of pushing vaccination despite a known risk.

Influential right-wing conspiracy theorists and MAGA-aligned pundits are falsely claiming that the Covid vaccine killed Dolly Parton, the vaccination advocate and philanthropist.

Newly released Fauci texts show how top health officials weighed pregnancy risks and limited vaccine data in early 2021.

The claim stemmed from two recent cohort studies, one from South Korea and one from Italy.

Dr. Anthony Fauci texted health officials about a theoretical miscarriage risk from fever after the second mRNA dose in pregnant women's first trimester.

In January 2021 Anthony Fauci, then director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sent a text message stating that the second dose of covid vaccine “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.

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Anthony Fauci's private texts reveal concerns about mRNA vaccines and miscarriage risk in pregnancy, contradicting his public claims shortly after.