vaccinated. i believe in science and believe in the science of vaccinations. i ve been vaccinated and it is safe, effective and widely available for anyone who wants to get it. well, that s something. joining us now associated press white house reporter jonathan lameier and a.b. stoddard and public health practice at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of health. let me start with what we heard just this week from sean hannity, steve scalise and the highest ranking house republican finally got his shot after seven months. so why the sudden change? well, andrea, i think it s a couple of things. first of all, i think there s just extraordinary concern about how contagious the delta variant is. we are seeing it right now as the white house puts it. it s a pandemic of the unvaccinated and where are those pockets of unvaccinated americans largely? red states, southern states,