New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday he expects to receive 130,000 doses of Pfizer's vaccine by Christmas if the FDA authorizes emergency use for it. The pharmaceutical company says it's filing an application to that end on Friday. Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said paid and unpaid people serving in healthcare settings who have greater potential for direct or indirect exposure to infection would get first priority as far as the vaccine. There are about 650,000 workers in the state under that umbrella, she said. Long-term care staff and residents are also high priority -- and there about 150,000 of them. Pfizer's Friday filing with the FDA starts the clock on a process that could bring first shots as early as next month, as Murphy said, and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter. #coronavirus #NJ