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US ex-Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. File photo: AFPWith Delta variant infections spiking across the United States, growing numbers of Republican officials and lawmakers have joined the chorus of support for coronavirus vaccinations, swatting aside conspiracies that have left millions of Americans unprotected.
And with polls showing that far more Democrats than Republicans are vaccinated, inoculations have become the newest coronavirus battle line. But with distrust of government churning, and stubbornly high vaccine hesitancy in states like Arkansas, Florida and Missouri fueling transmission of the virus, Republican leaders are redoubling efforts to win over skeptics.
“There’s not one doctor here that doesn’t want people vaccinated,” congressman Greg Murphy added about fellow caucus members.
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