Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey

School closures
I removed the following content from the article, but sharing here for future reference/incorporation: 71.172.71.152 (talk) 01:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)There must be explanantion to the statistics for better understanding71.172.71.152 (talk) 01:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC) Tmc123 October 11th 2020

As of March 15 2020 reported school closures:   Bayonne Public Schools closed until March 30  Bergen County Schools closed indefinitely and move to online and paper-based learning.  Brookdale Community College  East Brunswick Public Schools and school activities will be closed/cancelled through Sunday, March 15 after a confirmed positive case of coronavirus in the town.  Hoboken Public Schools to close Monday for two weeks.  Kean University will begin remote education on March 16 through March 30  Millburn Schools: Closed March 12 so staff can prepare for the possibility of "distance learning" in case schools are forced to close.  Montclair Public Schools closd Friday to prepare for online learning.  Monmouth University is canceling all classes (face-to-face, hybrid, and online) for the remainder of this week, with spring break beginning as scheduled on Saturday, March 14.  North Brunswick Township Schools will be closed Thursday out of an "abundance of caution" after a confirmed positive case of coronavirus in East Brunswick.  Old Bridge Township Public Schools closed Friday and Monday, March 16  Plainfield Public Schools closed Friday for in-district students only. Teachers will meet to plan assignments. Classes resume March 17, 2020, for all students.  Princeton University: Classes will be available online starting March 23 after Spring Break.  Red Bank Regional High School moves to off-campus learning plan after sibling of a student tested positive for coronavirus.  Rutgers cancels classes beginning Thursday through the end of spring break on March 22. Beginning March 23 through April 3, all courses will be delivered remotely. <BR> Saint Peter's Prep in Newark will be closed until March 16 after a staff member found out that he spent time with people who were in a location where someone who now has a confirmed case. <BR> Seton Hall University has suspended all in-person classes for the remainder of the week. <BR> South Brunswick Schools closed March 12 and 13 with remote learning. A student might have been exposed to coronavirus after two township residents attended a private party in Princeton with two people from Boston who later tested positive for the virus. <BR> South River Public Schools will be closed Thursday due to a recently identified case of coronavirus in a neighboring town said. <BR> Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken canceling classes in preparation to bring all courses online. Classes resume on their normal schedule online. <BR> Trenton Public Schools will be closed Thursday and Friday to students and to staff on Friday. <BR> Verona Public Schools closed Monday and Tuesday <BR> Wayne Township Public Schools closed Friday to complete an extensive cleaning of the buildings. </ol>

--- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:46, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject COVID-19
I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:50, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Exclusions from required business closings.
While it's true that "Governor Murphy announced that all non-essential businesses in the state would be closed indefinitely by 9 p.m. on the 21st" there was also a long list of exclusions. Details can be found here:

https://faq.business.nj.gov/en/articles/3799035-how-do-executive-orders-no-107-and-108-on-closures-and-social-distancing-affect-my-business

Unfortunately headings and paragraphs are not numbered. For exceptions see paragraphs following this heading:

"Certain essential businesses and facilities are considered exempt from these closures:"

Also see (further down):

Governor Murphy also signed Executive Order No. 108, which invalidates any county or municipal restriction that in any way will or might conflict with any of the provisions of Executive Order No. 107. This is effective at 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020, as well. The only exceptions are two categories over which municipalities or counties may impose any additional restrictions: 1) online marketplaces for arranging or offering lodging; and 2) municipal or county parks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Er1cF (talk • contribs) 20:10, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Moving stuff around into sections
I hope you don't mind, but I moved some of the info from the timeline section into their own distinct sections, such as "management" for official public acts, "testing" for info on testing, and the economic impact. This is based on other Covid articles around the world that are slightly more developed, such as 2020 coronavirus pandemic in British Columbia or 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Denmark. I didn't remove any content, I just rearranged it, and then I combined some of the paragraphs. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Merge
There is a discussion going on whether to merge both COVID-19 pandemic in Bergen County, New Jersey and COVID-19 pandemic in Hudson County, New Jersey with this article. Abishe (talk) 13:06, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Lack of data update
Because the day-to-day updates have ceased with 27 July 2020, I can make the assumption that a) No additional cases or deaths have occurred, b) The Wikipedia editors with knowledge of the New Jersey sources have succumbed to Covid-19, c) The state health department has ceased publishing their collated data, d) Nobody cares about New Jersey.

Please update this Wikipedia entry, or its lack of material will make it a candidate for deletion. Tgkohn (talk) 05:58, 14 August 2020 (UTC) The graphs need scroll bars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.112.187.30 (talk) 19:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Comment from Tmc123078
I believe what should be changed is the fact that data is put into the articel but nt explaininng the reason of these graphs for those who might not understand the data.

Based on my article, it is discussing about Covid-19 Pandemic specifically in the state of New Jersey and how New Jersey has been trying to decrease the number of deaths that has been happening with the citizens of New Jersey and the plans that can help keep the numbers low. This article was also relevant to my other articles in reference to Covid-19 in just informing readers about the pandemic in New Jersey and what New Jersey has been doing to try to stay consistent in the low numbers of deaths within the state. Within the talk page, there are comments that stated about the schools that have closed or suspended any in person classes because of the pandemic and this causes many students to be home and do classes virtually. There have been a lot of schools in New Jersey who suspended in-person sessions but there are schools who allow students to return but they have to follow the guidelines of wearing masks at all times, and also keeping 6ft social distance to prevent the spread of Covid-19. I think that this wasn’t really a good feature of the article because the talk wasn’t as detailed as expected but it gave information that some wouldn’t know like the schools in what area are closed or open which is good information to get. The conversations that has been happening is that many of those who commented are saying that there is a lack of updating about any more new information given about the pandemic in New Jersey so updating has been a huge issue. I think the editors on wikipedia are enforcing Wikipedia guidelines because of the fact that they are staging the wrongs about the article and how headings and paragraphs are not even numbered which is something that should be done. I think the editors were ideally spot on with the errors that this article is facing. One editor was saying negative things which I felt was not ideal, and something to point out because it has nothing to do with the topic of the article. I believe when it comes to the references, there was a good amount of sources that were cited that it is believed to be used within the article. I do feel like some of the articles within the references were not cited well, but putting within the references is the good thing that was being done. Not all sources were specifically relevant to the article because many points within the article are fumbled around. The links to the articles do work and are coming from the New Jersey page that has the news about Covid-19 within New Jersey. Taking in-person schnool away can ultimately cause the children's mental health to not even be good at all. I think what else can be improved about the article is that the data needs to be explained a little more better so that it is understood by the reader and not just putting statistics and graphs where it is not well explained. There is a little bias that is occurring but I personally think that this article is neutral because there are flaws but commenting about the flaws can possibly be fixed. The viewpoints look to be underrepresented and would just need some scholars who can correct the wrongs within the article.

“ COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey”. Wikipedia.org. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Jersey on October 11, 2020.Tmc123078 (talk) 04:34, 16 November 2020 (UTC)