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After visiting one of the state’s hardest-hit hospitals Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu announced more opportunities to get a COVID-19 booster shot in the coming weeks and said more in-home testing and more medicine to keep people out of the hospital are on the way.
The current surge of COVID-19 Delta variant in New Hampshire was preventable and caused by a lack of leadership that has delayed booster shots and had real health-care consequences, said two physicians who are also top Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.
Gov. Chris Sununu is taking heat about his comments on mask wearing in a Face the Nation interview and the state’s sluggish vaccination rate when some are complaining they can’t get a booster appointment or child’s vaccination until after Christmas.
As Joni Mitchell sings, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone,” and she might as well be singing about the state’s energy efficiency program.
More than 260 Granite Staters submitted letters urging rejection of the Prenda contract, as part of a petition campaign by Granite State Progress.
The Executive Council voted 4-1 to confirm Jared Chicoine as Commissioner of the new Department of Energy and approved funding for Gov. Chris Sununu’s plan to help hospitals that are stressed with the recent COVID-19 surge.
The phrase intends to heighten the sense of foreboding for future action if one little step is made. The 2022 session of the legislature will have many examples of paths leading down that slippery slope.
While Gov. Chris Sununu refuses to consider a new mask mandate to reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the surge he predicts will only get worse, Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier and others say it is time for New Hampshire to re-institute one.
Gov. Chris Sununu reiterated what he said last week relative to actions he is taking relative to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.