Morning Distribution for Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [SlackChat_0728-4×3]( [Will A Pro-Vaccination Push By GOP Leaders Change The Minds Of Unvaccinated Americans?]( A FiveThirtyEight Chat Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s [politics chat](. The transcript below has been lightly edited. --------------------------------------------------------------- sarah ([Sarah Frostenson]( politics editor): With [the delta variant of the coronavirus surging]( in the U.S. and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations once again on the rise, there is [a renewed sense of urgency]( that people get vaccinated — as the rate of vaccination [has steadily ticked down since April](. Those who aren’t vaccinated [are bearing the brunt of this latest COVID-19 surge]( as states with low vaccination rates, like Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida, have been [some of the worst hit areas](. Given that states with low vaccination rates often skew Republican, it has meant that some Republican leaders in those states have undertaken a sudden reversal [in how they talk about vaccination](. Former White House press secretary and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders had previously kept a low profile on her vaccination status, but on Sunday she penned an editorial [urging fellow Arkansans to join her in getting vaccinated](. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana [received his first shot of the vaccine]( earlier this month. Even the biggest on-air talents at Fox News, a network whose coverage of the vaccine has often been critical, have [pushed for vaccination]( in recent weeks. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [One Conference To Rule Them All]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.