Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who is fully vaccinated and got his booster shot in October, tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and is asymptomatic and quarantining.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID + started isolation for 10 days per CDC. I have no symptoms but getting tested was important before seeing family for holidays. I’m thankful for the protection from the vaccine/booster as it would be a different situation without them,” Fulop tweeted a few minutes ago.
“Please continue to be mindful of safety precautions + urge your loved ones to get vaccinated + booster shots.”
On October 4th, Fulop posted a photo of him getting his Moderna booster shot to Instagram indicating that “I trust the science and I want to be protected for myself and my family.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka also took to Twitter to announce he tested positive for COVID-19 and was exhibiting no symptoms as the latest wave surges throughout the state. U.S.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), also a Newark native, said in a statement on Sunday he tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms.
On Tuesday, CarePoint Health CEO Dr. Achintya Moulick said there shouldn’t be a widespread panic over the latest COVID-19 surge that includes the Omicron variant, since hospitalizations and deaths remain relatively low at this time.
” … The admissions are pretty flat, so you don’t have very sick people coming in, very few deaths: I think the media should not send people in a frenzy … inpatient will not be as bad as what we thought,” he said at an event at Christ Hospital.
Some “vaccine.” it doesn’t stop you from getting infected and doesn’t stop you from spreading the virus. There’s an obvious solution: let’s redefine what a vaccine does. And “problem” solved. If you survive the shot. Enter Year 2 and the odd increased excess mortality across age groups. “Why are they dying” is already the question raised in countries like the UK and Germany?