TRENTON, NJ – A lot has come out this week regarding the COVID-19 pandemic regarding face mask quality, vaccines admittedly only protecting against serious infection, but not spread and quarantine guidelines, but two revelations are shattering the foundation of Governor Phil Murphy's public COVID-19 narrative.
Pandemic of the unvaccinated no more
Governor Murphy last week said that in New Jersey, COVID-19 is a pandemic among the vaccinated and that most critical patients in the state's hospitals are unvaccinated.
This week, it was announced by the city of Elizabeth announced more than 50% of their COVID-19 patients are vaccinated and 75% of patients on ventilators are also vaccinated.
That data contradicts the statement made statewide by Murphy last Monday. The other big news this week is Governor Murphy's own admission that as many as 50% of patients in hospital reported as COVID-19 patients, had arrived in the hospital for other non-COVID-related reasons such as inpatient surgeries, serious injuries, and even pregnancies. That's because everyone admitted to the hospitals is tested for COVID-19 and regardless of what they were admitted for, if they test positive during their stay, they are reported to the state as COVID-19 patients.
75% of patients on ventilators are vaccinated
"The unvaccinated are still overwhelmingly the ones going to the hospital, and even if every single one of the hospitalizations still under investigation by the Communicable Disease Service is a COVID-related one, the unvaccinated would still account for more than 92% of the week's total hospitalizations," Murphy said last Monday.
But, data released Thursday by the City of Elizabeth tell a much different story. The city reported more than 50% of Trinitas Regional Medical Center's more serious COVID-19 patients are vaccinated.
"Trinitas currently has 73 patients admitted with COVID-19, 32 of those patients are unvaccinated, 14 are in the ICU, 5 are unvaccinated," the city said. "There are also 12 patients on a ventilator, and 4 are unvaccinated."