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UNION CITY When a small group of anti-vaccination protesters raised a ruckus at a bill-signing Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy decided to unholster his trademark insult and fire away.
“You are the ultimate knuckleheads!” he yelled, eliciting cheers from a crowd of supporters.
The short confrontation came as COVID vaccination efforts have slowed considerably in New Jersey, going from about 40,000 shots a day in mid-June to fewer than 20,000 in recent weeks. About 5.3 million New Jerseyans about 58% of the state s 9.2 million residents are fully vaccinated.
Cases and hospitalizations have risen considerably as the highly contagious delta variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in New Jersey, appearing in 84% of samples statewide. Murphy mandated this week that all health care workers get vaccinated or be tested for COVID weekly.
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