New Jersey health officials are bracing for the arrival of a new COVID-19 variant that appears to be more easily transmitted and evades many of the existing vaccine protections.
Roughly 4,000 employees at the NJDOC weren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 by a Wednesday deadline, but it will take a while to sort out if around half will win sought exemptions – and how many lose their jobs.
Even as New Jersey seems to be coming out of this latest COVID outbreak powered by the omicron variant, many believe this latest wave is far from the last.
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Despite the encouraging news about the MRNA vaccines, doctors might still recommend some of their patients get a booster. That includes those with weakened immune systems and older Americans.