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These medical experts helped N.J. navigate the pandemic. Here’s how they’re spending their summer vacations.
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
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Now the vaccination effort is fully underway and the CDC has loosened mask guidance, we’re all hoping for a more normal summer. And with the warm weather coming, people are making plans to see faraway family members, to visit their favorite vacation spots and take some time off.
So what are the medical experts around the state planning to do? Most say they’re planning to stay close to home, though they said they would be willing to fly or stay in a hotel. Here’s how they are spending their summer vacations.
Only 54% of older N.J. residents are fully vaccinated. Here’s how each county is doing.
Updated Apr 12, 8:23 AM;
Posted Apr 11, 11:00 AM
Marie Gardner gets her first vaccine shot from Sharad Patel the owner/pharmacist of the Sparta Pharmacy. Residents of Knoll Heights assisted living in Sparta get their first Covid-19 Moderna vaccine shot Friday afternoon. Friday, February 12, 2021. Sparta, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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As New Jersey prepares to expand coronavirus vaccine eligibly to all adults, experts are warning that work still needs to be done to ensure New Jersey’s most vulnerable residents can access shots.
Firearm owners listen most to law enforcement and military members, Rutgers study finds Law enforcement and those in the military, rather than doctors.
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Law enforcement and those in the military, rather than doctors and celebrities, are the most preferred messengers on firearm safety, a Rutgers study found.
The findings, published in the journal
Preventive Medicine, can help communicate the importance of safe firearm storage and reduce the rate of suicides, Rutgers researchers say. We know that safe firearm storage is a key component to suicide prevention, but that belief is not widespread among firearm owners, said lead author Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and an associate professor of Urban-Global Public Health at Rutgers School of Public Health. No matter how clear the message is, if it is being delivered by the wrong person, it is not going to have the desired effect.