Alabama’s Republican governor made an urgent plea for residents to get vaccinated to slow a surge in Covid-19 cases, becoming the latest top GOP official to step up calls for inoculations in the face of vaccine hesitancy among conservative voters
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“We’ve got to get folks to take the shot,” said Gov. Kay Ivey, whose state ranks poorly on Covid-19 vaccination rates. “Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the vaccinated folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down,”Earlier in the week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a stark warning: “I want to underscore in the strongest possible manner I can,” he said Tuesday.
The rise in Covid-19 cases has touched every state but is seen more prominently in areas with lower vaccination coverage. According to health officials,
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