New Jersey’s chief public health official says everyone, including her, will eventually get the coronavirus.
“I’m definitely going to get one. We all do,” Judith Persicily told NJ.com. “We’re just waiting.”
Persichilli, 71, is among the age groups where the virus is deadliest. Nevertheless, she believes the odds are still on her side and likely a mild illness.
Persichilli has become an almost household name in the Garden State in recent weeks, reading the latest numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths at regular press conferences.
At least 284,724 people have been infected worldwide and 11,842 have died since it emerged in China late last year. In New Jersey, he has 890 cases and her 11 deaths, as the virus spreads rapidly across the United States. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have now reported cases.
Earlier this month, President Trump declared a state of emergency as part of his ramped up fight against the virus. A large portion of the American economy shut down last week as tens of millions of Americans were told to stay home and self-quarantine.