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COVID CONCERNS DECLINE IN NEW JERSEY

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West Long Branch NJ,  Support for face mask and social distancing guidelines in New Jersey has dropped significantly since the fall. Less than half of the state supports workplace vaccine mandates according to the Monmouth (“Mon-muth”) University Poll. Concern about Covid illness is at an all-time low as many report having been infected with the virus themselves. The poll also finds New Jerseyans give good grades to the governor and the state as a whole for handling the pandemic.

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Ian Smith Campaign Wants Body Cam Video Released Immediately!

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Cinnaminson NJ, following published reports that Ian Smith, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s Third Congressional District, was charged with DUI the campaign is calling on the Cinnaminson police department to immediately release all video of the incident.

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Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Fraud Could Be Over $163 Billion With Only 1% Recovered

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Washington DC, GOP members of the House Ways & Means Committee (with the help of agency Inspector Generals), released their findings which discovered that in the unemployment benefit program, only $1 billion (out of up to $163 billion in fraud) has thus far been recovered. So 99.1% of fraudsters got away with it.

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New York State Comptroller Finds Cuomo Administration Under Counted Nursing Home COVID Deaths By 4,000

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New York NY, the Ridgewood blog readers will recall that then-NY governor Andrew Cuomo , like Governor Murphy was responsible for policies that led to thousands of deaths from Covid in nursing homes. Cuomo  tried to cover it all up while collecting a $5.1 million book advance to brag about his “success.”

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Governor Murphy Makes it Official Signs Executive Order Ending COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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Trenton NJ,  at his final COVID-19 press briefing, Governor Phil Murphy announced the signing of Executive Order No. 292, which lifts the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in addition to the statewide school and daycare mask mandate, effective on Monday, March 7. This major step has been made possible by the Murphy Administration’s comprehensive and pandemic response efforts.

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Pandemic Lockdown Supporters Start To Repent

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Ridgewood NJ, two years into the pandemic almost all restrictions here and in the U.K. are being lifted, we are getting a few belated confessions from a somewhat chastened Lockdown Lobby:

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Time to Restore All Government Services & Staffing to Pre-Pandemic Levels

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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said it’s time for Governor Phil Murphy to restore all State government services and staffing to pre-pandemic levels. Monday’s case total was the lowest so far since the first known case of the omicron variant was reported in New Jersey on Dec. 3. It was also the fourth time in February that fewer than 1,000 cases were reported by the state.

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59% of U.S. Voters Overwhelmingly Support Canadian Truckers in ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protest

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Ridgewood NJ, Canada’s prime minister has invoked emergency powers in an attempt to shut down a protest by truckers seeking an end to COVID-19 restrictions, but most American voters support the so-called “Freedom Convoy” – and think a similar protest here would be a good idea.

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Trudeau Declares National Emergency over Canadian Trucker Protests, Suspends Civil Rights

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Ottawa Canada, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency over ongoing trucker protests, allowing the nation’s government to temporarily override civil rights, “The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said at a press conference on Monday. The far-reaching Emergencies Act gives the Canadian government the ability to prohibit public assembly, restrict travel, and force businesses  such as towing companies to act, with compensation.

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Washington DC Drops Vaccine Mandates

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Washington DC,  Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Monday during her COVID-19 address that the nation’s capital will no longer require indoor businesses to verify vaccination status before allowing customers entry, effective February 15.

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New Study Suggest : Vaccinated Mothers Pass along more Durable Antibodies to their Newborns than do Unvaccinated Mothers

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People who receive SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations during pregnancy pass along more durable antibodies to their newborns than do unvaccinated individuals who had COVID-19 during pregnancy, according to a research letter published February 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The small study examined only  77 vaccinated pregnant women who completed their 2-dose mRNA vaccine series between weeks 20 and 32 of gestation and 12 women who had symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy.

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Johns Hopkins : Natural Immunity More Effective Than Vaccines

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Ridgewood NJ, the latest comes from a Johns Hopkins team published yesterday in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association finds this about developing natural immunity:

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“Mostly Peaceful ” Canadian Trucker Protest GoFundMe Fund Raiser Shut Down

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Ottawa, Canada, thousands of Canadian truckers and other protesters made their way to Ottawa on January 29 as part of a so-called “Freedom Convoy” to protest vaccine mandates and other public health measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rally originated in British Columbia the week prior and consisted of trucks and their supporters driving across the country to the nation’s capital. The original goal of the rally was to protest a mandate put in place on January 15 that required all unvaccinated cross-border truckers to quarantine upon returning home, but the message has since shifted to a general condemnation of all public health interventions. Media reported that people and vehicles clogged the streets of Ottawa making noise and bringing the city to a standstill, but the rally was “mostly peaceful”.

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Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School: “it’s time to let the young, healthy and “anyone who wants to move on” from the pandemic do so”

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Ridgewood NJ, it’s time to let the young, healthy and “anyone who wants to move on” from the pandemic do so, said Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor at Harvard Medical School.

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Senator’s Bill Would Ban Use of Vaccine Passports in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ, Senator Ed Durr said he was shocked when people were denied entry to children’s basketball game in his legislative district last night due to their vaccination status, saying it’s more proof that vaccine passports need to be banned in New Jersey.

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