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The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Cautions, ‘Tis the Season to Stay Alert

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Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and its cybersecurity division, the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, are cautioning the public to stay alert for signs of physical and cyber threats targeting individuals, organizations and businesses across the state during the upcoming holiday season.

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The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness warns about COVID Disinformation ,unless of course you are CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/NBC/ or PBS

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Ridgewood NJ, a reader stated to obvious , “There still seems to be a significant amount of misunderstanding among the general public which, I believe, is mostly due to the way in which they consume their news. Most news comes by way of the political filter of either CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/NBC/PBS, which all hate Trump to varying degrees, and will present “the facts” in a way that hopes you vote for their guy, Biden, at the end of the year. Remember, we are in an election year, which has really ratcheted up the Trump Derangement Syndrome level. Otherwise, you watch Fox, which is really the only right-leaning TV news broadcaster, which does the opposite.”

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New Jersey Launches Website for Covid-19 Rumor Control

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Ridgewood NJ, The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and New Jersey Office of Emergency Management have launched a Covid-19 rumor control and disinformation website.
Rumors can easily circulate within communities during a crisis, therefore it is important to get accurate information from a credible source.
The purpose of this page is to help the public distinguish between facts and rumors/disinformation regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The website can be found by clicking the link below.

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