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COVID-19 Vaccine Proves 99.999% Effective In New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccine Proves 99.999% Effective In New Jersey
Covid-19 Vaccine Proves 99.999% Effective In New Jersey Forty-nine individuals who were fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 have died through July 12 in New Jersey, news reports say. In other words, the vaccine has proven to be 99.999 percent effective. Department of Health spokeswoman Donna Leusner told NJ Advance Media on Wednesday that more than half of those people had at least one underlying medical condition. All of those individuals were over the age of 50; 30 were over 80 12 were between 65 and 79; and six were between 50 and 64, NJ.com reports. The fatalities account for approximately one in 100,000 fully vaccinated residents, meaning …

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by Cecilia Levine
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‘Apples To Apples’: Murphy Administration Reduces Number Of COVID-19 Deaths By 1,400 ‘Apples To Apples’: Murphy Administration Reduces Number Of COVID-19 Deaths By 1,400
‘Apples To Apples’: Murphy Administration Reduces Number Of Covid-19 Deaths By 1,400 The Murphy Administration has lowered the number of reported coronavirus-related deaths in New Jersey nursing homes by nearly 1,400, claiming the method previously being used was different from those to count the rest of the state’s COVID-19 deaths. For some, that raises alarming new concerns. “Bodies were piling up in nursing homes across the state,” state Sen. Joseph Pennachio said. “If these people didn’t die from the virus spreading like wildfire within the institutions, what did they die from? Administrative neglect?” The number of deaths at New Jersey long-term care facilities, which…

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by Jerry DeMarco