On Monday, Republican senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin—both fierce critics of Anthony Fauci—released a number of pandemic-era text messages from the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). After the first messages, Fauci wrote another one two hours later. A few days later, Fauci noted that pregnant women had to evaluate “the potential risks versus the benefits” of taking the vaccine. At an absolute minimum, the disclosed text messages reveal concerning facts about our Covid vaccine response. And as the public has learned that officials were not being straight with them, their faith in public-health efforts has been badly damaged.