Across the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 8% of people who have gotten their first Pfizer or Moderna vaccine have skipped the second one.
The Health Commissioner says her Department will continue to give state residents the facts, including how much more dangerous it is to get COVID compared to getting a vaccine
Nevertheless Gov. Phil Murphy says we have one of the best vaccination programs in the nation and the state is on target to vaccinate 70% of the adult population by June.
While there are primary care doctors’ offices who have entered the fold, there’s frustration voiced by such family care practices that their pre-existing relationships with patients aren’t being prioritized as a point of vaccination.
Preliminary 2020 data indicates 144,000 children were tested in New Jersey, and of that group 3,348 or 2.8% had elevated blood lead levels, an increase of 29% from the previous year.
More vaccinations are coming to New Jersey. How the doses get distributed across the state's 21 counties will depend on the state's "parity formula" that takes equity and "social vulnerability" into account.