Marking 1 year since first COVID vaccine in N.J., Murphy says booster shots are crucial

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Just a week ago, Robin Dickerson wasn’t planning on getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot — at least not yet. “I had the first and second shots. Why do I need a third so soon?” the 44-year-old Newark resident recalled. But Dickerson, who works in the Department of Medicine at Newark’s University Hospital, changed her mind Wednesday morning. She was one of four people to get a booster dose as Gov. Phil Murphy visited the hospital to mark the one-year anniversary of New Jersey’s coronavirus vaccination program. “I realized things are changing fast,” Dickerson said. “I better reconsider.” It wa…

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