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Fauci’s 2020 Diary Entries on Pregnant Patient Katie Stephen Miller
7/31/2026, 1:10:58 AM
Diary Entries Show Direct Medical Guidance
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal diary, kept during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, records frequent phone contact with Katie Stephen Miller while she was ten weeks pregnant. In an entry dated May 9, 2020, Fauci noted that he “calmed her over the phone” after she experienced an anxiety reaction. The same diary logs indicate that Fauci also called the physicians treating Miller’s newborn to discuss the infant’s care, and that he routinely checked in with the couple each day.
Redactions Reduce References to Miller
Senator Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of the diary, and independent analysis by NOTUS found that the original, unredacted pages mentioned “Katie” 56 times. After redaction, the name appears only 37 times, suggesting that many passages concerning the Millers’ relationship with Fauci were removed.
Senator Rand Paul’s Release of the Diaries
On the day of the release, Rand Paul made the diary excerpts public, emphasizing the extent of Fauci’s personal involvement with a private family during the pandemic. The senator’s office highlighted the redactions as evidence of selective editing, but no official response from Fauci or the National Institutes of Health has been published to date.
Verbatim Quote
“I am calling katie frequently to check on her couple time per day. She is very anxious about getting very ill since she is 10 weeks pregnant. Tonight she had an anxiety reaction. I calmed her over the phone,” — Fauci
Context and Commentary
The New Republic article presenting these details frames the diary as evidence of “hypocrisy,” arguing that Fauci’s private assistance to the Millers contrasts with his public messaging on COVID-19 risk. Commentators note that the diary entries, while showing compassionate outreach, also raise questions about the boundaries between personal medical advice and public health leadership. The release has sparked debate over transparency, the handling of personal medical information, and the political use of pandemic-related documents.
