Justice drops some emergency orders, urges more vaccinations By Gov. Jim Justice leads a briefing about West Virginia's pandemic response. Gov. Jim Justice continued to urge West Virginians to get covid-19 vaccinations during an apparent slowdown while at the same time lifting some of his prior pandemic emergency orders, particularly one limiting social gatherings. “Come on. Let’s finish the job. We’re really, really close. Let’s win the game right now. Right now. Right now’s the time to win the game,” Justice said today during a pandemic response briefing. West Virginia has done well enough with its pandemic response to lift some of the emergency orders of the past year, the governor said.