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About 17 months into the pandemic, conservative vaccine messaging was still split between grudging support and open suspicion, even as Delta drove more hospital strain and federal health officials kept warning that vaccination was the best protection against severe illness. Trump’s mixed record on the shots left an already skeptical audience hearing too many conflicting cues at once.
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About 17 months into the pandemic, conservative vaccine messaging was still split between grudging support and open suspicion, even as Delta drove more hospital strain and federal health officials kept warning that vaccination was the best protection against severe illness. Trump’s mixed record on the shots left an already skeptical audience hearing too many conflicting cues at once.
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About 17 months into the pandemic, conservative vaccine messaging was still split between grudging support and open suspicion, even as Delta drove more hospital strain and federal health officials kept warning that vaccination was the best protection against severe illness. Trump’s mixed record on the shots left an already skeptical audience hearing too many conflicting cues at once.
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