Former members of Congress who are also physicians argue that mixed Republican messaging on vaccines is becoming a significant liability for candidates facing voters in November. The group, writing in an opinion piece, states that current polling trends suggest the party could lose its majorities in both the House and the Senate. While most political commentators attribute this potential shift to voter frustration with gas prices and the broader cost of living, the former lawmakers contend that vaccine policy is another quiet factor hurting Republican candidates. They describe themselves as having spent their careers providing parents with information to protect their families and as having helped their party promote sound public health policies. Now, they say, both of those commitments are being tested by the party's current approach to vaccination.