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File photo: Dec. 15, 2020 , health commissioner Judy Persichilli and Gov. Phil Murphy applauded as the first COVID-19 vaccination was administered in New Jersey to emergency room nurse Maritza Beniquez, University Hospital, Newark.
For months, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has highlighted the state’s goal of vaccinating 4.7 million people against COVID-19 within six months, something he said can be done by this summer. By Memorial Day, or by the Fourth of July, things will “look much better,” Murphy predicts.
But state health commissioner Judy Persichilli, who often appears next to the governor during their media briefings, seems to have a different timeline. She talks about immunizing 4.7 million people within six months of when there is an adequate supply of the vaccine, something that doesn’t yet exist. When briefing lawmakers in October, Persichilli indicated it could take until fall to reach this 4.7 million goal which is 70% of those el
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Secure Food Supply Chain
UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient
As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rely on one another is through a more intricate and interconnected food supply chain. Food produced in one country is often consumed in another country with technological advances allowing food to be shipped between countries that are increasingly distant from one another.
This interconnectedness has its benefits. For instance, if the United States imports food from multiple countries and one of those countries abruptly stops exporting food to the United States, there are still other countries that can be relied on to supply food. But, as the coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic has made abundantly clear, it also leaves the food supply chain all the steps involved in bringing food from farms to people’s tables across the world exposed to potential shocks to the system.