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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/smokers-in-nj-will-get-access-to-covid-vaccine-before-general-public/2830615/
If you teach in New Jersey, you have to wait to get your vaccine behind....wait for it....
people who smoke!
"It's outrageous. They've chosen to put themselves in that position," Jonathan Strauss said of the priority for smokers. "To put someone on the list — ahead of these people that are volunteering to put their health on the line — because they have chosen to put themselves in a particular medical condition is outrageous."
At Wednesday's briefing, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said that "smoking puts you at significant risk for an adverse result from COVID-19."
Persichilli also said that seniors have accounted for 80 percent of coronavirus deaths in the state. Two-thirds of the total number of those who have died had one or more underlying conditions.
The state health department amped up its defense Thursday, saying New Jersey was simply following CDC guidance that lists smoking as a condition that puts people at increased risk of severe illness from the virus. It is also aware of the controversy, a spokeswoman said.
"Nicotine is one of the most powerful addictions. Smoking put individuals at higher risk for more severe disease. If an individual who smokes gets COVID, they get sicker much quicker," NJ Department of Health Director of Communications Donna Leusner said in a statement Thursday.
Marlboro Man would be ahead of Victoria Leigh Soto.
SAD.
If you teach in New Jersey, you have to wait to get your vaccine behind....wait for it....
people who smoke!
"It's outrageous. They've chosen to put themselves in that position," Jonathan Strauss said of the priority for smokers. "To put someone on the list — ahead of these people that are volunteering to put their health on the line — because they have chosen to put themselves in a particular medical condition is outrageous."
At Wednesday's briefing, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said that "smoking puts you at significant risk for an adverse result from COVID-19."
Persichilli also said that seniors have accounted for 80 percent of coronavirus deaths in the state. Two-thirds of the total number of those who have died had one or more underlying conditions.
The state health department amped up its defense Thursday, saying New Jersey was simply following CDC guidance that lists smoking as a condition that puts people at increased risk of severe illness from the virus. It is also aware of the controversy, a spokeswoman said.
"Nicotine is one of the most powerful addictions. Smoking put individuals at higher risk for more severe disease. If an individual who smokes gets COVID, they get sicker much quicker," NJ Department of Health Director of Communications Donna Leusner said in a statement Thursday.
Marlboro Man would be ahead of Victoria Leigh Soto.
SAD.