A Republican candidate running for governor of New Jersey in November and challenging the incumbent Democrat told a local PAC in July that he supports medical freedom and vaccine choice while opposing mandatory vaccinations or vaccine passports. Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey, said in an interview with New Jersey Public Health Innovation Political Action Committee (NJPHIPAC) that he would ensure wide access to COVID-19 vaccine for New Jersey residents while also respecting each individual’s freedom to choose to get vaccinated or not. As a governor, Ciattarelli said he would secure for New Jersey as many doses of the vaccine as possible and “then give it to the county governments to do the rollout.” There are 21 country governments in the state which act as regional service providers, he added. The gubernatorial candidate criticized policies of the current New Jersey government which he said carried …