Bhattacharya and Fox News Revive Miscarriage Claim Against Fauci and COVID Vaccines
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya is quoted accusing Anthony Fauci of hiding an 82% miscarriage rate among vaccinated pregnant women, a claim critics call a smear.
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Summary, timeline and people extracted by Claude from 3 items across 3 sources · 2h ago. Quotes are verbatim.
The Gateway Pundit reported that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya "blasted" his predecessor Anthony Fauci for allegedly covering up an 82% miscarriage rate among pregnant women who received COVID-19 vaccines, a claim amplified by Fox News. Journalist Aaron Rupar characterized the coverage as an effort by Fox News and Bhattacharya to blame Fauci and the vaccines for miscarriages.
- Gateway Pundit reported that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya accused Anthony Fauci of covering up an 82% miscarriage rate among pregnant women who received COVID-19 vaccines.
- Fox News amplified the claim, prompting journalist Aaron Rupar to characterize it as an attempt to blame Fauci and the vaccines for miscarriages.
- The claim originated from and was primarily circulated by Gateway Pundit and its social-media mirrors, with no independent verification of the 82% figure present in the provided material.
How it unfolded
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Journalist Aaron Rupar posts that Fox News, aided by Bhattacharya, is trying to blame Fauci and COVID vaccines for miscarriages.
“Fox News, with an assist from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, is trying to blame Fauci and covid vaccines for miscarriages”
@atrupar · X ↗ -
An account mirroring Gateway Pundit content reposts the same headline about Bhattacharya blasting Fauci over the alleged 82% miscarriage figure.
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The Gateway Pundit runs a story headlined that Bhattacharya blasted Fauci for covering up an 82% miscarriage rate among pregnant women who took the COVID vaccine, as indexed on memeorandum.
What people are saying verbatim
“Fox News, with an assist from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, is trying to blame Fauci and covid vaccines for miscarriages”
@atrupar, Journalist · X ↗ · Aug 10
“Anthony Fauci's Successor, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, BLASTS Fauci for COVERING UP 82% Miscarriage Rate for Pregnant Women Taking the COVID Shot”
The Gateway Pundit, Publisher headline · The Gateway Pundit ↗ · Aug 9