PROCESS, THERE’S NO PROBLEM WITH
THE PFIZER VACCINE.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE
MODERNA VACCINE.
LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW
THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IS PLAYING
OUT IN ONE STATE.
NEW JERSEY IS PLANNING TO OPEN
UP SIX COVID-19 VACCINE MEGA
SITES WITH AN AIM TO VACCINE 70%
OF THE ADULT RESIDENTS WITHIN
SIX MONTHS AND THE STATE IS
SETTING UP A NETWORK OF MORE
THAN 200 SATELLITE VACCINATION
SITES INCLUDING HOSPITALS,
HEALTH AND URGENT CARE CENTERS
AND CHAIN PHARMACIES.
JOINING US NOW IS NEW JERSEY’S
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
QUITE A HERCULEAN EFFORT.
IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE SET UP
SO FAR, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
THINK YOU CAN VACCINATE A MONTH?
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AND
GENERAL PERNA IS A GOOD MAN, SO
I KNOW THERE WAS A
MISCOMMUNICATION BUT WE MARCH
ONWARD.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX
CHALLENGE AND I’M SURE THERE
WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
LISTEN, WE’LL GET I THINK 220
212,000 DOSES THIS WEEK BEFORE
MODERNA AND PFIZER AND IT WILL
GO UP IN EACH OF THE ENSUING
WEEKS.
WE’LL FROM THE 1-A HEALTH CARE
WORKERS OUT FROM THERE TO OTHER
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THEN TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC I HOPE BY
APRIL OR MAY.
I’M NOT SURE I CAN GIVE YOU AN
EXACT NUMBER BUT MY GUESS IS
WE’RE LOOKING AT A HALF A
MILLION OR MORE IN THE NEXT
MONTH OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO
GET IT AND THE NUMBERS, GOD
WILLING, WILL GO UP FROM THERE.
>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE YOU WANT
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS TO HEAR IF
THEY ARE WORRIED THEY HAVE TO
PAY FOR -- THEY’RE WORRIED THEY
CAN’T AFFORD IT, WORRIED ABOUT
THE VACCINE IN SOME WAY.
IS THERE A UNIFORM MESSAGING
FROM THE GOVERNMENT FROM NEW
JERSEY IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IN TERMS OF
GETTING THIS VACCINE TO INSPIRE
THEM TO DO IT CAN?
>> YOU BETCHA.
AND IT’S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE
YOU HAVE SOME ANTI-VACCINE FOLKS
TO BEGIN WITH.
YOU HAVE HAD SOME NOISE AROUND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VACCINE.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE SPEAK TO THE
MEDICAL EXPERTS, MORNING, NOON
AND NIGHT, THIS THING IS FOR
REAL.
IT IS SAFE.
IT WORKS.
AND WE NEED FOLKS TO GET IT AND
THEY SHOULD NOT WORRY FOR ONE
SECOND ABOUT THE POCKETBOOK
ISSUE.
THIS WILL BE PAID FOR.
AND GOD WILLING, WITH A BIG DOSE
OF THAT COMING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE
SUSPICION AROUND THIS.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS 70% OF OUR
POPULATION, ADULT POPULATION,
THAT’S 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEW
JERSEY.
AND WE’VE GOT TO GET THERE, WE
HAVE TO GET THERE SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER.
>> WITH GOVERNOR, IT’S JONATHAN
LEMIRE, GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> HI, JOHN.
>> GOVERNOR CUOMO HAS CALLED FOR
A TEMPORARY TRAVEL SUSPENSION TO
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE THERE’S AN OUTBREAK THERE IN
BRITAIN.
NOW NEW JERSEY OF COURSE IS HOME
TO NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORTS IN THE NATION.
DO YOU SHARE GOVERNOR CUOMO’S
CONCERN?
DO YOU BELIEVE SOME TEMPORARY
TRAVEL BANS SHOULD BE PUT IN
PLACE?
>> WE HAVEN’T PUT IT IN PLACE
YET.
I DO SHARE THE CONCERN, BUT I
HAVE GOT A BROADER MESSAGE AND
THAT IS DON’T TRAVEL, PERIOD.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE UPDATING A
LIST OF AMERICAN STATES EACH
WEEK.
WE GOT UP TO 46 OF THE 50 STATES
THAT WERE BEYOND ANY ACCEPTABLE
LIMITS AND WE FINALLY SAID A FEW
WEEKS AGO, LISTEN, DON’T TRAVEL
ANYWHERE.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE RIGHT NOW THE
UK.
I SHARE HIS CONCERN.
I THINK THE CLOSER WE ARE TO
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THE
SMALLER THE CELEBRATION AS IN
IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR THE BUBBLE
IN WHICH YOU’RE LIVING THE
FASTER WE’LL COME OUT OF THIS.
>> LET ME FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, THE
IDEA OF TRAVEL.
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG, BUT I
BELIEVE NEW JERSEY SAW A SURGE
IN INFECTIONS AFTER THE
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BECAUSE IN
PART FAMILY GATHERING FOR FAMILY
CELEBRATIONS.
AND PEOPLE TRAVELING IN AND OUT
OF STATE.
HOW BIG IS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY COMING UP
AND WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THE
RESIDENTS WHAT TO DO AND COULD
THERE BE RESTRICTIONS YOU PUT
INTO PLACE TO TRY TO LIMIT THAT
TRAVEL?
>> LISTEN, IT’S HARD TO STOP
SOMEBODY IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA FROM CROSSING FROM ONE
STATE TO ANOTHER, BUT WE CLEARLY
HAVE A BUNCH OF FACTORS COMING
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW WHICH ADD UP
TO A LOT OF CONCERN.
COLD WEATHER, HOLIDAYS, FATIGUE,
PRIVATE SETTING TRANSMISSION,
LACK OF A NATIONAL STRATEGY.
THOSE FIVE FACTORS HAVE LED
TO -- IN ADDITION TO THE
EXPECTED SECOND WAVE HAVE LED TO
A SURGE.
THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK IT GETS WORSE BEFORE
IT GETS BETTER.
AND THE HOLIDAYS TO YOUR VERY
GOOD QUESTION ARE A BIG
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
WE WANT FOLKS TO STAY HOME AND
STAY SMALL.
THAT’S MY MESSAGE.
>> ALL RIGHT.