Full video: Governor holds latest COVID-19 briefing for New Hampshire (Jan. 5, 2021)
Full video: Governor holds latest COVID-19 briefing for New Hampshire (Jan. 5, 2021)
WE ARE ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS. GOVERNOR SUNUNU IS UPDATING THE STATE'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE. LET'S LISTEN IN. GOVERNOR: A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER TODAY. I THINK A LOT OF GOOD AND POSITIVE NEWS. LET'S START WITH A PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE FROM THE DOCTOR. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER. IN TERMS OF NUMBERS WE ARE REPORTING 667 NEW PEOPLE DIG NIECED WITH COVID-19 TODAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 427 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TESTED POSITIVE BY PCR, 240,000 TESTED POSITIVE BY ANTIGEN TESTING. THEN LAST WEEK. WE CONTINUED TO AVERAGE ABOUT 750 TO 800 NEW INFECTIONS PER DAY STATEWIDE THE CURRENT NUMBER OF ACTIVE INFECTIONS STANDS AT 64880, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHERE WE WERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND ADDITIONALLY THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE OVER THE LAST WEEKER THERE IS TAIN GONE AND PCR TEST POSITIVITY RATE COMBINED HAS AVERAGED 8.7% WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHERE WE WERE. THAT TEST RATE IS HOVERING AROUND 9% STILL. HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE GONE UP AS HAVE DEATHS DID OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, CURRENTLY, 305 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED STATEWIDE WITH COVID-19 AND UNFORTUNATELY 11 NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED THAT WITH ARE REPORTING TODAY. NINE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WITH LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. THEN LAST WEEK, 57 TOTAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FROM COVID 189 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. OVER 1360 THESE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG-TERM CARE FA SHRILLTY AND TWO-THIRDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A THE LONG TERM CARE SO WE KNOW THE DEATHS ARE OCCURRING RELATED TO COVID-19 AND THE IMPACT IS BEING SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. SO I WANT TO HAND THINGS OVER TO DOUG IN A MINUTE TO GIVE A VACCINE UPDATE. ALLOT OF THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW SHIFTING TO MAKE VACCINES REGULARLY ARE AVAILABLE AND UNTIL WE HAVE MORE THROUGHOUT THE STATE WE CONTINUE TO NEED PEOPLE TOLL AVOID THE SOCIAL AND GROUP GATHERING. WEAR FACE MASKS AND IF AND WHEN SOMEONE IS OFFERED A VACCINE, WE'RE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING AND ENCOURAGING THAT PERSON TO GET VACCINATED IF THE VACCINE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. WE THOUGH THE VACCINE IS BOTH SAFE AND VERY EFFECTIVE AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SOL OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, WE HAVE DISINDUSTRY PUBBED 53675 DOSES OF VACCINE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND 300 5 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE. THE DEPARTMENT STARTED RELEASING THE DATA PUBLICLY ON OUR WEBSITE LAST THURSDAY AND YOU CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION IN DETAIL WHICH TINS HAVE RECEIVED AND WHO ARE ADMINISTERING IN OUR STATE. YOU HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT CDC HAS BOW GUN THE STATE ON-LINE AS WELL AND RELEASED THIS INFORMATION YESTERDAY AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS CLEARLY ON TRACK WITH MANY OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF ADMINISTERING VACCINES AND IN FACT, EVEN TODAY, THEY HAVE HE'LL RATED NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SLOW SHOW THAT WESTERN IN THE HIGHEST GROUPS FOR ADMINISTERING VACCINE IN THE COUNTRY SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE NATIONAL DATA. THERE IS GOING TO BE VARIABILITY FROM DAY TO DAY AND IMPORTANT WE NOT OVERNEED A SINGLE DAY'S WORTH OF DATA. THERE ARE CERTAIN CAVEATS SUCH AS SOME PARTNERS SHARE THIS INFORMATIONS WITH CDC A FEW TIMES A WEEK SO THERE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABILITY AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND THEIR IMPORTANT DATA AND LOOK AT THEM OVER SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE WE START INTERPRETING THEM. THIS WEEK WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DOSES OF VACCINE WHICH WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE VACCINATING THE HIGHEST RISK HEALTH WORKERS THE FIRST REUPONNERS AND THE LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND STAFF. WE HAVE BEGUN RECEIVING SECOND DOSES NOW BECAUSE THE FIRST DOSES OF RACK SEEN IN THE STATE WERE ADMINISTERED THREE WEEKS AGO. THOSE ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE SITES THATTED A MUNSTERRED THE FIRST DOSE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSES. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF VACCINE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. OUR STATE-RUN FIXED VACCINATION SITES HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR ONE WEEK, RIGHT? SO A TOTAL OF 20,000 PEOPLE TO DATE HAVE REGISTERED TO BE VACCINATED AT ONE OF THOSE STATE-RUN FIXED SITE AND 5209 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED TO DATE AND ADDITIONAL 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE VACCINES AT THOSE SITES. THESE SITES ARE CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE A WHICH AGAIN INCLUDES OUR HIGH RISK AMBULATORY CARE PROVIDERS AND FIRST RESPONDER AS WE MOVE BEYOND WE WE'LL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW AS THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION AT THESE SITES. IN TERMS OF UPDATE FOR THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY PHARMACY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. CVS AND WALGREEN'S CONTINUES TO VACCINATE THE LONG TERM CARE AND TO DATE THEY COMPLETED 62 VACCINATION CLINICS IN THE TYPES OF FA SHRILLS AND THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL 66 SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT WEEK SO THIS PROGRAM IS VERY MUCH UP AND RUNNING AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES THEY ARE GETTING. SO TO DATE, WE VACCINATED 73% OF PHASE 1A INDIVIDUAL FORCE THE FIRST DOSE OF VACCINE. BASED ON THE VACCINE ALLOCATIONS WE'LL BE RECEIVED IN THE FUTURE WE OFFER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN PHASE 1A THE FIRST DOSES BY THE MILD OF IN THE OF JANUARY. THAT TIME. WEE EXPECT THEM TO MOVE ON TO PHASE 1B. TODAY WE ARE PREPARED TO ANNOUNCE WHICH GROUPS WILL BE INCLUDED IN PHASE 1B AND HAVE A SLIDE TO THEIR INFORMATION WITH ALL OF YOU. SO PHASE 1B IS GOING TO INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER THE AGE 75 AND OLDER. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MEDICALLY VULNERABILITY AT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK WITH HAVING TWO OR MORE CONDITIONS THAT ARE ON A LIST WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONINGS INCLUDE CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. CERTAIN HEART CONDITIONS, OBESITY, PREGNANCY, SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND OTHERS AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE ON-LINE. WE RAILROAD GOING TO BE OPENING VACCINATION TO STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF FA SHRILLS THAT SERVE PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AS WELL. AND CORRECTION OFFICERS AND STAFF WORKING IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. SO THAT IS PHASE 1B. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE ARE AT PHASE 1A. BUT LOTING YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO NEXT AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET TO PHASE 1B. WE ARE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE REST OF OUR ALLOCATION PLAN AFTER PHASE 1B. NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT PHASE AFTER THAT GROUP WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROACH OF TRYING TO GET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 INCLUDING HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH. SO MUCH OF OUR STRATEGY IS BASED ON THE AGE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND WHETHER THEY HAVE MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS. SO IN 1B WE'RE DOING THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 757 AND THAT NEXT GROUP WE'RE DOING GOING TO DO 65 TO 75 YEARS OLD AND ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL, STAFF, CHILD CARE STAFF. NEXT SLIDE. 2B WILL THEN NATURALLY COME THE 50 TO 65-YEAR-OLD INDIVIDUALS. THEN, 3A, WILL INCLUDE, START IN TO INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLABLE THE AGE OF 50, BUT BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE UNDER 50, WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO MODERATELY INCREASED RISKS FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19, AGAIN, LOOKING THAT LIST OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE ON-LINE. THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS EVERYONE WHOLES HAS NOT BEEN VACCINATED. WE EXPECT TO START VACCINATING THOSE BROADER GROUPS UNDER THE AGE OF 50 SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW, LATE, IN MAY, OR INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS. OK. NEXT SLIDE. VACCINES FOR PEOPLE IN THESE GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS THAT INCLUDE HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OFFICES, PHARMACIES, AND OUR STATE-RUN FIXED SITES, AND IF SUPPLIES ALLOW WE WANT THE VACCINE TO BE AS EASY TO GET AS THE FLU SHOT SO WHAT YOU NEED DO THEN GOING FORWARD IS TO KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU AS WE OPEN UP TO THE NEXT PHASES LOOKING AT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO WILL LEAN ON TO HELP US VACCINATE THE PEOPLE WHO AT HIGH RISK THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEDICAL VULNERABILITIES AND GOING TO TAKE US SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET EVERYONE VACCINATED AND MEANS AGAIN, AS THE DOCTOR SAID, WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT TAKING THOSE STEPS AS INDIVIDUALS TO PREVENT COVID-19. THANK YO >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE. TONIGHT I AM ANNOUNCING THE CLOSURE OF THREE OUTBREAKS. ALL CLOSED OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. WE VERY 15 NEW YACHT BREAKS TO ANNOUNCE IN AISTED LIVING, BEDFORD HILL, BEL AIR NURSING HOME, KENT.LY COMMONS, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, HARMONY HOMES BY THOUGH WAY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, HOUSE OF CORRECTIONS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NURSING HOME. PHEASANT WOOD CENTER, RESIDENTS AT SALEM WOODS, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NURSING HOME, ST. FRANCIS REHAB AND NURSING CENTER, SULLIVAN COUNTY NURSING HOME AND WOOD CREST VILLAGE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> GREAT WORK. >> SO JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTHERN VACCINE. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THIS DOCTOR DID A GREAT JOB. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT WE PRESENTED AND TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE. THEM HAVE BEEN STORIES WE ARE BEHIND. WE'RE AHEAD. YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME. THAT IS IMPORTANT. THE MOST CENT INFORMATION ON THE CDC WEBSITE ADENTFYING NEW HAMPSHIRE AS BEING THE MOST PROACTIVITIES GREAT NEWS AND KEEP THAT UP. IT IS ALL VARIABLE DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE ARE GETTING ON A SINGLE DAY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TIMING OF THE REPORTING BACK TO THE CDC AND STEINLES IF THERE IS A DAY OR TWO DELAY IN THERE AND CAN CAUTION LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN SIGHT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE DETERMINING THE FOLLOWING GROUPS AS WE GO ON FROM 1A AND DETERMINING THE GROUPS OF 1B AND 2A, 2B, THEN 3A, 3B. THE PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRANSFOR RENT BEEN THAT. IT IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IDEA AND TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL WORK GROUPS OR BUSINESS GROUPS ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT ARE MORE ESSENTIAL THAN OTHERS AND WHAT NOT. THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO GROUPS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND WE ARE SEGREGATING OUT OF THE POPULATION BASED ON THEIR WORK OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS THOSE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK AND EDUCATION STAFF, TEACHERS. AND DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS CAN REMAIN VIABLE AND OPEN AND FOR OUR STUDENTS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR POPULATION HEALTH. BUT AGAIN, IN DOING SO IN EFFECTIVELY LINING ACROSS EVERYBODY UP. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT I WITH A INTERNALS OF THE HIGHEST RISK ONDONE AND MAKING SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES, FIRST, IT IS NOT THAT SOME OF THE WORK WE'RANCE MORE WHAT YOU COULD TECHNICALLY CLASSIFY AS THE MORE ESSENTIAL FEELFIELDS OF WORK. NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE THEM. IT IS NOT A WE DON'T CARE TO VACCINATE THEM TO IT IS NOT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WE WORRY ABOUT IT'S THE PARENTS OR THE CHILD OF THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY HAVE A HEALTH CONDITION. SOMETHING OF THAT MATURE AND THOSE FOLKS WHO GET THE VACCINE FIRST AND REALLY ADDRESSING THE HIGHEST RISKS AT THE CORE, IF YOU WILL. MOVING ON TO THE HOSPITALIZATION, AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT CHART IS GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. IT IS NOT UP THERE JUST YET. MAYBE TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THOUGH CHART IS UP SO PEOPLE CAN START DIGESTING A LITTLE BIT. UNDERTHAN THERE COULD BE OVERLAP AS WELL. WHAM WE TRIED TO DO FOON RY ON VACCINES MAKE SURE TEACH GROUPS 1B, 2A, 2B WERE MANAGEABLE IN SIZE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ONE GROUP SO LARGE THAT IS TAKE FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE GROUP AND CREATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I THINK, IN TERMS OF WHEN FOLKS COULD REALISTICALLY EXPECT TO GET THEIR VACCINE AND GETTING EXPECTATIONS RIGHT FOR THE POPULATION, I THINK, IS VERY IMPORTANT OR HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF WHEN THE TIME WILL COME AND A LOT OF OVERPERHAP THE GROUPS AS WELL. SOMETHING THAT QUALIFIES AND UP TO THEM AS TO WHEN THEY WANT TO BECOME VACCINATED GAIN, THE RANG SEEN IS NOT MANDATED FOR ANYONE BUT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE HERE IS KNOWING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THE COMORBIDITY SITUATION, CANCER OR OTHERWISE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT MAY MAKE SOMEONE VULNERABLE AND FURTHER UP IN THE LINE IN GROUP 1B OF THE VACCINATION, WE'RE ALWAYS ALSO GOING TO PROWERE VIDE FLEXIBILITY TO THE DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS IF THERE ARE EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES MAYBE IF SOMEONE HAS CONDITION THAT MAY NOT BE LISTED EXPECT K ACON THE LIST ALWAYS A MEDICAL PROVIDER IS GRANTED THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THAT CALL TO MAKE DECISION TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THOSE, IN THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WE MAY NOT HAVE PUT DIRECTLY ON THE PAPER AND THAT THOSE FOLK CANS BE PRIORITIZESSED AS WELL. WE ALWAYS WANTED TO REFOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT WAY. >> I AM GOING TOO FAST. IF DAVID LOSES THE GLASS IT MEANS I AM TALKING TOO FAST. >> SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE HOSPITALIZATION. WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THIS MORNING. WE WANT TOP QUICKLY ADDRESS IT. OVERALL THE HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE TICKED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT THEY ARE STABLE WITH W IT IS GOOD NEW. THINK OUR DAILY IS WELL OVER 300 PEOPLE WITHIN HOSPITALS THAT HAVE CONFIRMED COVID. AGAIN WE PREDICTED AND MAY GIGGED THAT NUMBER COULD GO UP. THERE IS A LAG AND THE NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID SEEMS TO HAVE STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT. IT IS STILL VERY, VERY HIGH AND HOSPITALS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS WITH EACH OTHER. WOE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM DOING THE BEST AS SYSTEM, AS A TRUE STATEWIDE TESTIMONY SYSTEM TO PAIGE THE AVAILABILITY OF BEDS AND IF WE WERE TO HIT A TIME WHEN WOE NEED TO OPEN UP WE ARE PREPARED TO DO SO. THE MEN AND UP WITH OF THE NATIONAL GUARD STAND READY AND WE CAN OPEN UP THOSE FACILITIES IN 4 TO 48 HOURS BUT NOT THERE YET. THE HOSPITALS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT AND DOING A GREAT JOB MANAGING AND WORKING WITH NOT WITH THE FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUT WITHIN THEMSELVES AND THE SYSTEM TO HELP ENSURE THERE IS CAPACITY THERE AND THESE NEED THE MOST SEVERE HEALTH CARE BASED AROUND COVID AND OTHER CONDITIONS AS WELL. IT IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM. ANOTHER TOPIC TO JUMP INTO A LITTLE BIT IS THE FEDERAL RELIEF. A LOT HAS GONE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE CONGRESS DID PASS ANOTHER BILL AND SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT THAT WAS, THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR. I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE RELIEF THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL RELIEF COMING. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE LATEST BILL. WE DON'T HAVE BEEN THE DEALLE TAUS IN TERMS OF THE RULES AND GUIDELINES OF HOW EACH DOLLAR WILL BE ADMINISTERED. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HOPING FOR AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY OB THE STATE LEVEL AS POSSIBLE. TO GIVE YOU GENERAL NUMB GERS TO TALK ABOUT WITH HAVE ESTIMATES BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE SEEN DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BILL IN THE BILL ITSELF AS OPPOSED TO THE GUIDANCE THAT WILL COME ON IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT 36 MILLION-DOLLAR HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR VACCINE DISTRIBUTION WHICH WILL HELP US VACCINATE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. 20 MILLION-DOLLAR FORCE CHILD CARE AND CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE FORM OF BLOCK GRANTS THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD AND PROVIDES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AROUND CHILD CARE AND ABOUT $150 MILLION FOR EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUNDING FOR THE ELEMENTARY THAN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SO THAT IS GREAT. 150 MILLION TOLL GO TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY AND ROUGHLY 90 MILLION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RELIEF AND APPROXIMATELY OR I SHOULD SAY JUST OVER 180 MILLION FOR INCREASED TESTING CONTRACT CHASING AND CONTAINMENT AND MITIGATION AND THOSE ARE MORE TRADITIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN BORN THROUGH THE CARES ACT FUNDING TO IT DID AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE STILL WELL IN THE COVID CRISIS AS WE VACCINATE WE NEED A LOT OF CONTRACT TRACING ANTEING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY MUCH WELCOMED. APPROXIMATELY 200 MILLION THAT IS A LOFT MONEY FOR EMERGENCY RENT A.M. ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS. SO SO IMPORTANT AND AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE RULES AND THE DEFINITIONS AROUND HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE SPENT. WE HAVE DONE OUR OWN PROGRAMS OF THAT THAT NATURE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO HELP APPLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND SEE WHAT THE RULES ARE AND FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING IS PHENOMENAL THEN AND 40 MILLION FOR THE HIGHWAY FUND TO OFF WITH SET THE REVENUE REPLACE PRESIDENT AND MAINTENANCE AND TURN BIKE ASSISTANCE. DON'T THINK OF TOO IT MUCH. SO MANY FOLKS IN THE YEAR FROM WERE NOT ON. THEY WERE NOT BUYING GAS. THEY WERE NOT PAYING TOLLS AND THE REVENUE HIT WAS SHARP TO THE HIGHWAY FUND. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, I THINK, IS GOING TO PUTT US IN A HEALTHIAR POSITION FINALLY IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE ROADS CAN BE PLOWED AND THE POTHOLES CAN BE FIXED. ALL OF THESE WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO INCREASE TESTING CAPACITY AND INVEST CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AND RAMP UP VACCINE AND DISTRIBUTION AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR HOME AND BEING OUT IN WHAT COULD BE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES AND DOING WELL HERE NEW HAMPSHIRE NO GOUT THAT BUT THERE IS A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND AFFECTED BY COVID ECONOMICALLICALLY AND THIS, THESE, THIS ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS A GREAT FIRST STEP NOT TO HP THE STATE BUT TO HELP A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AND OUR CITIZENS AROUND OUR COUNT COMMUNITIES. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. A PROGRAM IS SIGNED IN CONGESTION WITH THE BILL AND IT WAS AUTHORIZED IN CONGESTIONS WITH THE RELIEF BILL PUT FORWARD. NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL START ISSUING THE NEW FLORIDA 00 TODAY. IT IS GREAT NEWS. THESE PAYMENTS WILL BE CLAIMED FILED FOR THE FIRST ELIGIBLE WEEKENDING JANUARY SECOND AND ACTUALLY GOES BACK A WEEK AND THE FACT WE OUR SYSTEM WAS READY AND GEORGE HERE AT THE CONGREGATE DID A GREAT JOB THEM AS MAKING SURE THE SYSTEM IS PREPARED. TODAY IS THE EARLIEST DAY THE STATES WERE ALLOWED TO DO SO AND PAID OVER 14,000 PEOPLE THAT EXTRA FLORIDA 00 TODAY. WHICH IS GREAT. WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING AND THE ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. THEN FINALLY, ONE MORE THING WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS STARTING THE INAUGURATION. A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE CHANGE IN PLANS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE FOR THE INAUGURATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK AND WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED UNFORTUNATELY. WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR OUTDOOR PLANS AND WE PLANNED TO DO IT OUTDOORS TO BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND MYSELF, MY FAMILY, ALL OF THOSE, WE DID HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE. I THINK IT IS -- IT IS PRETTY EVIDENCE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE AND TARGET THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE, MY WIFE, MY FAMILY AND KIDS. THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE. AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN REPORTED QUITE WILDLY THE PROTESTS CROSSED THE LINE AND IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE POTENTIAL WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE BE ABOUT INTENDSANCE AT THE INAUGURATION SO IN LOU OF A LARGER OUTDOOR CEREMONY WE ARE GOING TO HOLD AL SMALLER CEREMONY INDOORS WITH A SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS SOCIALLY DISTANCED WHICH WILL BE LIVE STREAMED FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TUNE IN. IT WILL BE HELD AT NOON AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON THURSDAY JANUARY 7th AND WE'LL PUT OUT LINK FOR FOLK TO VIEW IT AND THEN AT 7:00 P.M. THIS THURSDAY, LATER THAT EVENING, I WILL DELIVER A LIVE ADDRESS AND WILL NOT LASTS MORE THAN 30 MINUTES WON'T BE LIKE A PRESS CONFERENCE. I PROMISE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE DOES HAVE A CHANCE TO TUNE IN. THAT WILL BE AT 7:00 P.M. AND AGAIN WE HAVE A LIVE STREAM LINK STREAMING IN AND ALSO TOLD I THINK WMRU IS PLANNING ON CARRYING IT WHICH WELL BE A CARRYING. AND I WAS WONDERING IF BRIDGE'S HOUSE COULD BE PLACE AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? >> IT COULD BE. YOU KNOW, LOOK. I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS AN AMAZING PLACE IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY TO LEADERSHIP. NOT JUST THE GOVERNOR. THE FACT THAT, WHILE, A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE NUMBERS AND THE STATE SENATORS HER TO GOVERNOR. A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE THAT. MY FATHER WAS GOVERNOR. BACK IN THE '880'S. AND THEN BACK THEN. OUR PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS FLEN PHONE BOOK. ANYONE COULD PICK UP THE PHONE BOOK AND CALL THE GOVERNOR. THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS A GREAT THING. IT IS A GREAT THING TO HAVE. BUT IT ALSO HAS ALWAYS COME WHETHER WITH ITS MYSELF, MY FATHER, GOVERNOR LYNCH OR IT ALWAYS COMES WITH, THINK I, A RESPECT OF PRIVACY. THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY WHERE THE LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED AS IT COMES WITH FAMILIES. FOLK WANT TO COME UP TO THE STATE HOUSE. COME ON UP THERE. YOU CAN PROTEST IN THE PUBLIC'S FEAR. A LOT OF FOLKS DO THAT. THAT IS PROPERTY THE APPROPRIATE FLIES HAPPEN AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH HOUSE IS WONDERFUL AND WE TYPICALLY BEFORE COVID AND KEEPING IT OPEN FOR NONPROFIT GROUPS AND FOLK TO COME AND USE IT AS A PLACE. AND IT IS NOT INCREDIBLY CONDUCIVE AND HAVING A FAMILY LIVE THERE FULL-TIME AND AGAIN, WE TRY TO KEEP OUR LIVES AS NORMAL ASEPSESSABLE. SO NO, UNFORTUNATELY, THINK THAT IS NOT QUITE AN OPTION. >> TO FOLLOW WERE UP, I HAVE A QUESTION. I HEARD THERE WOULD PROTESTERS AT THE UNH TOMORROW, FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES WHO FEEL THAT DECISION TO HAVE A DRIVE IN CEREMONY WAS NOT GOOD. >> FOR THE LEGISLATURE. BECAUSE THE LG LEDGE ARE LEGISLATURE IS APPEARING IN THE AUTOMOBILE, I BELIEVE. THIS IS SOMETHING AROUND THAT. OK. >> OK. THE DISABILITIED FEEL THEY ARE BEING DISENFRANCHISED BY THE WAY THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY HAS DECIDED TO HOLD THIS AND NOT GIVE AN OPTION TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT, THEY SHOULD OFFERED THE OPTION OF VIRTUAL VOTING. >> YEAH. >> WELL, I GUESS I WOULD SAY ANY GROUP IN THE STATE GIVEN WHAT SURROUNDS COVID OBVIOUSLY I THINK EVERY AVENUE SHOULD BE PURSUED IN TERMS I HAVE A LOYING AS MUCH ACCESSIBILITY TO A PUBLIC MEET OARING HEARING OR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AS YOU CAN. SO IT IS VIEWING OR PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY I ALWAYS SHORT SMOOTH TO BE SURE. >> GOVERNOR, THE HOLIDAYS WE HAD THE ABILITY TO END A MESSAGE TO, YOU KNOW, STAY SAFE AROUND THIS TIME. YOU NO? HE AND YOU DON'T DO IT AT ALL. NOW WE'RE SORT OF IN THIS OPEN SPACE AND THE SLY VIRUS IS RUNNING MORE RAMPANT THAN IT HAS BEEN BEFORE. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE AND MAYBE YOU CAN CHIME IN ON THIS AS WELL, STAY THE COURSE IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY AS THEY START TO SEE VACCINATION NUMBERS GO UP, MAYBE IN IS GOING TO BE A HENTAL TRIGGER LIKE THIS IS GETTING BETTER. I CAN START DOING XYZ AGAIN. YEAH. I THINK THE POINT, IF I MAY, WE DON'T HAVE HOLIDAYS TO GALVANIZE THE MESSAGE AROUND PER SAY. I WOULD ASK FOLKS DO THIS. YOU WAKE UP EVERYBODY MORNING. YOU HAVE A LITTLE METRIC FOR YOURSELF. BE SURE YOU SOCIAL DISTANCE. WEAR YOUR MASK DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO STAY SAFE. YOU CANNOT TAKE DAY OFF. DAYS OFF. THERE ARE NOT. WE WILL GET TO AN END. AND AS I CONTINUE TO SAY, NOW IS THE WRONG TIME TO LOOSEN UP. NOW ONE OF THE WORST TIMES TO GET COVID WHEN WE'RE SO CLOSE TO END BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO FINISH, IT IS A MARATHON. WE SAID THAT SINCE MARCH. WE KNEW IT WAS LONG HAUL. THEN FINAL MILES. WE HAVEN'T CROSSED THE FINISH LINE BAY ANY MEANS. SO FOLKS REALLY DO HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED. WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE PUBLIC MESSAGE CALM PIN AND KEEP THAT UP WITH THE MEASAGING WE DO AT THE PRESS CONFERENCES WITH DIGITAL MEDIA AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WEARING MASKS AND YOU KNOW, THAT PROVISION WE PUT IN PLACE IN NOVEMBER IS GOING TO STAY INTO PLACE AND AT LEAST IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND ADHERE TO THAT. WE HAVE GUIDANCE WE REQUIRE WHETHER IT IS HERE AT A RESTAURANT OR IN RETAIL. WE HAVE ALLOWED THE ECONOMY TO OPEN SO FLEXIBLY AND MORE FLEXIBLY ON THE EAST COAST AND DONE IT IN A SAFE WAY AND OVERALL. THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE CONTRACTING COVID AND SO WE ALLOWED THAT TO OPEN BUT EVERYTHING HAS GITTANCE AROUND IT. THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS THERE AND IF WE ADHERE TO THAT, THEN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING STRONG, AND SO, AND SO IT IS WORKING BECAUSE WE AS A COLLECT RIFF DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO MAKE IT WORK, SOON NOT BY ACCIDENT. IT IS NOT BY COINCIDENCE AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN COVERAGE FOLKS TO STAY TRUE THAT MESSAGE, STAY DILIGENT WITH YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILY AND LOVED ONCE. DON'T LET UP NOW. >> I AM SORRY. REPORTER: AS DOCTOR SAID, KEEP WATCH WHEN THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE. EVERYONE ELSE NOT VACCINATED. WHEN SHOULD THEY START FOCUSING? WHEN? >> CAN WE GO DOOR TO SLIDES. THAT WAS GREAT. SHE DID A GREAT JOB THROUGH THAT. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS ONGOING. ALL THE FIRST SHOTS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 INDIVIDUALS AND THE FIRST SHOTS IN THAT NA WANT IT BY MID JANUARY OR SO. SECOND OR THIRD WEEK IN JANUARY. THEN WE START. 1B. CANNOT SEE IT TOO WELL. IT IS A ROUGH GUESS FRANKLY. 225,000 INDIVIDUALS IN GROUP 1B. AGAIN. OVER 75 YEARS OLD HAVING A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK FOR A MEDICAL CONDITION POTENTIALLY AND CORRECTION STAFF AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS AT OUR IDDA SILLITIES. GAIN WE ESTIMATE THIS TO TAKE COUPLE OF MONTHS. JN TRIER MARCH OR SO AS YOU GO TO PHASE ONE AND SORRY PHASE 2A. 175,000 VEDS AND IT IS ROUGH NU AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THE VAC MEAN TO SEEN IS GOING TO COME IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND NOT SURE SO WE RETHINKING ABOUT AROUND THE MARCH TOP MAY TIMEFRAME HERE FOR PHASE 2A THEN PHASE 2B. THE MARCH APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME 200,000 PEOPLE HERE AND HAPPENING TOLY COULD GET THE VACCINE INNOCENT NOW WE KNOW NOT EVERYONE WILL GET THE VACCINE. MAYBE 50 TO 75%. MAYBE THOSE ARE ROUGH NUMBERS OF COURSE. IT IS ROUGH NOW. THEN PHASE 3A THEN FINALLY PHASE 3B AS WE HIT MAY AND INTO THE SUMMER. AND CHECK THIS OUT. YOU CAN SAY, I AM IN PHASE 2B. CHECK IN WITH THE PROVIDERS. WE'LL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION TO THE DOCTORS AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY CAN RESERVE THE FLIES GET AND HOW THE DOCTORS WILL GET THE VACCINE ALLOCATED TO THEM AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR THEM AND THEN FOLKS CAN KEEP CHECK IN AT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS AND SO STILL A LOT MORE INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED. WHAT IS NEXT THAT IS WHAT THE QUESTION. WHAT DO DOW NOW. THEN, THAT IS A LOGICAL QUESTION. AND SOME WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW WE HAVE EYE EYE DIDN'TED BY THE THE GROUPS WILL BE. WE'LL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION AS THE PRESS GROANSES GO UP AND KEEP UPDATING THE WEBSITE AS IT BECOMES MORE AVAILABLE. ONE OF THE JUST, I WILL GO FURTHER WITH THE ANSWER IF YOU DON'T MIND. AS AN EXAMPLE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING AS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH IS THIS IS NEW ENGLAND. WE HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS THAT MAY LIVE IN VERMONT BUT WORK IN NEW NUM SHIR AT MEDICAL OR DARTMOUTH AND SO THEY ARE PART OF THAT GROUP TECHNICALLY VERMONT RESIDENTS BUT GETTING VACCINATED NOW WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE CARING. WE MAY HAVE CROSSOVER WITH FOLKS. MAYBE YOU WERE IN ONE STATE BUT PROVIDER EN ANOTHER. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR SURROUNDING STATES TO HELP ALSO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS WE'LL PUT AROUND A O AND NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. NO, PROBABLY NOT. THERE HAS TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE AND SO MUCH CROSSOVER WITH STATES. SO MY POINT IN THROWING THAT OUT THERE WAS A FEW DETAILS HERE TO BE FINALIZED TO BE SURE AND PART OF THAT IS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BUT TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER STATES SEEING HOW THEY ARE IDENTIFYING THE GROUPS 1B WHAN NOT. EVERY STATE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BUT TRAY TO MAKE IT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE A TAKE FEW TO WORK THOSE OUT. 1B WILL NOT START UNTIL MID JAR JANUARY. 2A WON'T START UNTIL AFTER THIS. WE ASK FOLKS TO KEEP CHECKING IN AND KEEP FOLKS UPDATED. THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL BE PIVOTAL AS WE NAIL DOWN SO THE CUSTOMER THE CONSUME EARN THE CITIZENS IT BAILS EXPECTATION. >> HI. >> THERE YOU GO. >> WHAT IS THE RATIONAL BEHIND WAITING UNTIL FACE 2A PHASE 2A TO VACCINATE TEACHER, CHILD CARE STAFF AND EFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE? >> YEAH. WHEN YOU LOOK -- WE'RE LINING FOLKS UP ON JUST BASED ON RISK OF HEALTH. LET'S GO BACK TO MARCH YOU WILL. THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM DOESN'T GET OVERRUN AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE AS A TY IN THE HOSPITALS AND MAKING SURE THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE PROTECTED AND SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN PHASE Z1A AND 1B. AND THOSE POPULATIONS ABOUT 100,000 AND ABOUT 200,000 SORE IN 1B THEN WE GET THE ONLY OTHER PROFESSIONAL GROUP THAT WE ARE SEGREGATING AND IDENTIFYING IS TEACHER BECAUSE WASN'T THEM SCHOOLS TO STAY OPEN FAN THOSE TEACHERS IF AVENUE IN THE TEACHERS ARE MEDICALLY VULNERABLABLE OVER 57 OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. OF COURSE THEY GET MOVED UP. THEY ARE AT HIGHER RISKS SO IT REALLY IS MAKING SURE THE DIRECT INDIVIDUALS AT THE HIGHEST RISK ARE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST THEN YOU START BUILDING UP FROM THERE IN TERMS OF WHO MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. RETURN ARE THERE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE REFUSING THE VAC MEAN? CAN YOU KEEP TRACK OF THAT? >> THE QUESTION WAS AROUND VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKER SO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE HOSPITAL PARTNERS THAT IS BETWEEN 70 AND 85% DID HE PENDING ON THE FACILITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE ACCEPTING THE VACCINE AND GETTING VACCINATED AND THAT IS JUST THEIR INITIAL NUMBERS FROM THE FIRST WEEKS OF THIS CALM PIN AND EXPECT THAT AS PEOPLE PEOPLE SEE THEIR COLLEAGUES GETTING VACCINATED THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE WITH TIME. SO IT IS AROUND 70 TO 85% IN THOSE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND MAY BE LOWER AND DEN RAL POPULATION AS WE MOVE FOR WAR AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE VACCINATED NOWING. HOW THAT IS TO YOUR GOAL AGAINST THE GROUP OF PEOPLE. WELL, WE LOO LIKE MORE THAN 7% OF INDIVIDUALS TO GET VACCINATED IT YOU IS LOOKING SIMILAR TO HOW MANY PEOPLE GET VACCINATED EACH YEAR RIGHT NOW. IT WILL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS GO OUTGOING FORWARD TO GET ENOUGH MINE TY IN THE COME-TIBBS TO PREVENT COVID AND WIDESPREAD COVID-19 TRANSMISSION WE NEED ABOVE THAT 70% AND 75% OF PEOPLE VACCINATED. >> IF I HAVE ONE MORE POINT. AS A REMINDER IF YOU ARE IN GROUP 1A AND CHOOSE NOT GET THE VACCINE FOR THE REASON, DOWN THE RUDE CAN GET IT. RIGHT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THERATION CUTOFF YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE AND OUT OF THE MIX YOU CAN GIT AS MORE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, MORE FOLKS MAY COME THOUGH LONG TERM CARE PA SUL THINKS OR BECOME A NURSE OR HEALTH CARE WORKER ON THE FRONT LINES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ANYONE TO GET IT DOWN THE ROAD. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT LONG TERM CARE. INTERESTED IN KNOWING, FIRST OF ALL, IF AH WROUGHT BREAK IS HAS OCCURRED, YOU CANNOT GET THE VAC MEAN? WILL THAT BE SLOWING TOWN? WILL OUTBREAKS BE SLOWING DOWN THE CLINICS ACROSS THE STATE? >> THINK I THE COMMITMENT FROM THE PHARMACY PARTNERS THIS RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE CLINICS AND IF PEOPLE HAD COVID THEY ARE LETTERS RISK FOR CONTRACTING THE VIRUS AFTER THEY HAD COVID, SO IT IS ABOUT PRIORITYING WHO IS GETTING THE VACCINE FIRST AND MAKE THOUR SURE THERE ARE CLINICS SET UP AND NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTS FOR STAFF INDICATES WAS THEIR DAY OFF. YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE LONG TERM CARE PA CYCLE THERE IS AND THE PHARMACY PARTNERS THERE ISAR N ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE CLINICS SET UP. I WOULDN'T SAY IT IS SLOW K DOWN. IT IS JUST, IT IS REQUIRING THAT YOU PUT MORE CLINGS ON THE BOOKS. >> IF WE GET A POINT WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT VACCINATE WILL WE BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS UP TO MORE FAMILY AND MORE ACTIVITIES AND SOMETHING FOR THEM TO LOOK FORWARD TO TO GET US THROUGH? >> I MEAN, THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL, RIGHT? TO PROTECT THE ELDER LERLY AND GET THEM BACK INTO THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLES AND GAGED WITH THEIR FAMILIES SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GOAL FOR COVID VACCINATION OVERALL, IT IS PROBABLY THE POPULATION THAT THE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THAN WE WANT TOP GET VACCINATED AS OUR ELDERLY SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN LONG TERM CARE SO TYPICALLY WE SAY AFTER THE SECOND DOSE PLUS 14 TO 15 DAYS WHEN YOU EXPECT TOK HAVE THAT MINE TY SO WE'LL BE REEEL VAL WITH A WAITING IT. THAT IS THE GOAL. YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON THE OUTBREAK OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CORRECTION AND THE NUMBER OF INMATE AND THE PEOPLE THERE WITH COVID? >> IT IS A FLUID NUMBER I WILL GIVE YOU WHAT WE HAVE NOW. SO WE DID TESTING ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND WELL BE A DOING TESTING AGAIN THERE LATER THIS WEEK SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 RESIDENTS THERE THAT ARE COVID POSITIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 27 STAFF, THOSE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO EVEN BE CHANGED BY THE TIME I LEAVE THE PODIUM BECAUSE WHICH ARE ACTIVELY RUNNING TEST IN OUR LAB AS WE SPEAK. >> HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT DURING THE OUTBREAK IN WHAT IS THE INTENTION ON THE PROTOCOLS. >> YEAH. WE TRANSITIONED TO US ON THURSDAY EVENING SO PRIOR TO THURSDAY HILLSBORO COUNTY HOUSE FELL UNDER MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE FIRST RECEIVED THE INITIAL COUPLE OF CASES AND WE REALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO IN AND TEST AN ENTIRE UNIT WHEN THAT UNIT CAME BACK AND SEVERAL POSITIVES WE DID SAY FLE GOING TO TRANSITION IT OVER AND WE HAVE ALMOST DAILY CALLS WITH THEM AND SHARING PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE JUST HAVING SOMEONE DESIGNATED FOR THEM TO CALL WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE SET UP A FULL TESTING EVENT ON SUNDAY WHERE EVERY INCARCERATED PERSON WAS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND THEN, THEN WE WILL BE, WE TESTED STAFF ON SOME OF EFFECTED UNITS ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND AND HAVE A FULL STAFF TESTING EVENT COMING ON IN THE OF THIS WEEK SO REALLY, WORKING TWO THEM HAND-IN-HAND SINCE THURSDAY SUNS WE TOOK IT OVER. >> THERE ARE V BEEN OTHER CORRECTION OUTBREAKS AS WELL. ANY SENSE OF THE NUMBER OR DEGREE OF INMATE OR STAFF WHO ARE SERIOUSLY ILL WITH COVID. MANY NOT SERIOUSLY ILL. >> WELL, SO, I KNOW THAT, IN DIFFERENT CORRECTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE SOME IN THE LONGER STAY CORRECTIONS. I AM NOT SURE? THAT'S THE RIGHT TERM. YOU MAY HAVE OLDER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MORE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. WHERE AS THE COUNTY JAILS, HAVE SHORTER TERM RESIDENTS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE SENTENCES OF 90 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS AND NOT HEARD I HAVE A LOFT HOSPITALIZATION OUT OF THE COUNTY JAIL OUTBREAK AND HAVE HEARD OF A COUPLE OF HOSPITALIZATION OUT OF BOTH THE PRISONS IN BERLIN AND IN CONCORD AND SO, SO DEFINITELY SOME SERIOUS ILLNESS AND THE JILL IS A MICROSOME OF OUR SOCIETY WHEN IT COMES TO AREA IN LYING CONDITIONS YOU HAVE INMATES THAT HAVE DIABETES AND AT MASS AND THOSE CONDITIONS SO PUT THEM AT THE SAME RISK OF ANYONE ELSE AND PROBABLY MORE SO BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A CONGREGATIONED SETTING WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCINGS IS VERY DIFFICULT. >> ANYTHING THESE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO ALMOST M THE SPREAD OF THIS BEFORE WE STARTED TO SEE CASES IN SLAV VARIOUS ON? >> YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CORRECTIONAL FA STILL THERES RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EVERY ON BREA GOINGAL OR CONGREGANT SETTING HAS WHICH IT IS VERY I HAVE DIFFICULT TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE THEY DON'T HAVE BEEN THE OPTION OF STAYING HOME AND NOT INTERACTING WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THEIR SECURITY STAFF. SO DIFFERENT PA SULLY IS BASED ON THEIR SETUP AND THEIR PHYSICAL STRUCTURE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU HAVE SOME JAILS AND PRISONS THAT HAD THE PHYSICAL SPACE TO SET UP A QUARANTINE UNIT. THAT IS I DEAL FOR SURE. AND YOU KNOW, DEF LINT THE SCREENING AT THE DOOR. THE REGULAR SURVEILLANCE TESTING. WE HAD A COUNTY JAIL IN STRATFORD CONDITION THAT I WAS DOING TESTING ON THE STAFF BACK IN AND WERE AND MAY AND CONTRACTED TO DO THAT. SO EVERYBODY HANDLED IT DIFFERENTLY. EVERYBODY GOT THE SAME GUIDANCE. SOME DID MOST DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING NECESSARILY TO PREVENT IS IT FROM GOING IN. YOU HAVE INMATES THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT AND JUST BASED ON OUR DEGREE OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT GET INTO THE JAIL AND THE GOAL IS HOW DAIKON IN THAT SPREAD ONCE IT IS IN. AND REALLY GOOD QUARANTINE FA SUL THINKTIES HAVING A SEPARATE UNIT AND SEPARATE CELLS AND PUNK BANKING ARRANGES IS REALLY KEY. IT IS REALLY KEY. >> WE DO, GOVERNOR. >> THE NEXT QUESTION HOLLY FROM THESIDE PRESS. HOLLY. REPORTER: HI, THANKS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT CONTACT TRACING THEN ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE INAUGURATION. MY QUESTION ABOUT CONTACT TRACING. IT PAIRS THAT DAILY UPDATES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS NO LONGER INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING MONITOR AND I ASSUME THAT CHANGE PRINE ORTIZING TO GET CONTRACT TRACING AND SOMEONE AND GET'S SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE DOING CONTRACT TRACING FOR THESE DAYS THEN MY QUESTION ABOUT THE INAUGURATION CHANGES AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE BORNE WAS ARRESTED BUT WHAT SPECIFIC EVIDENCE IS THERE THAT PUT PELL PROTESTERS AT THE GOVERNOR'S HOME WERE ARMED OR THAT ARMED PROTESTERS WERE PLANNING TO GO TO INAUGURATION. >> OK. I WILL HAVE THREE TALK ABOUT THE CONTACT TRACING. >> SO THE REASON WHY WE DISCONTINUED REPORTING ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING MONITORED FOR ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE TEEN WE STOPPED MONITORING INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THEIR ICELITION AND QUARANTINE PERIOD SO NOT DOING THAT MONITORING AND WE STILL REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CLOSE DON'TS AND PROVIDE THAT AND LET THEM KNOW IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND NOT DOING THAT DALLY CALLING WE ONCE WERE. SIMILARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RETURNED TO US WHO HAVE COVID-19. WE ARE REVIEWING CASE THAT GETS ALL RIGHTED US TO AND LOOK THROUGH THE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRY MR. OI PRIORITIZED AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE SHARED ABOUT WHO THAT IS. THEN WE'LL INVESTIGATE THOSE CASE AND THEN AGAIN NOTIFY THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISOLATION GUIDANCE BUT NOT CALLING THEM EVERY DAY DURING THAT ISOLATION PERIOD SO THERE IS NO MONITORING HAPPENING. TERM INS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVESTIGATING DUR REASON LIT IS PROBABLY AROUND QUARTER FO A THIRD OF ALL CASES THAT GET REPORTED TO US BASED ON OUR PRIORITIZATION. >> WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE QUESTION HAS TO DEAL WITH THE INAUGURATION AND SOME OF THE SECURITY SURROUNDING THAT AND THE THREATS SO, I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT THE, I THINK, THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE? WAS THIS THE QUESTION, HOLLY? >> HOLLY? >> WHAT LEAD TO THE IDEA THAT THERE WERE POSSIBLE PROTESTERS ARMED AT THE HOME OR MULTIPLE ARMED PROTESTER TERSE WERE PLANNING? TO GO. >> SURE. AS IT PERTAINS DECISION TO MAKE WAS NOT DONE LOOTINGLY AND NOT SOLELY DONE BECAUSE THE PROTESTER AT MY HOME AND IT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING AFFECTEDDOR AND THERE OTHER VIR DECT THREATS THAT ARE MADE UNFORTUNATELY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ESCALATING IN TERMS OF ISSUES OF THE THE PROTESTER AT MY HOME AND REFER TO YOU THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO COME ARMED. THOSE ARE THE POSTS. I ASK YOU YOU DAN REFER TO THOSE DIRECTLY. BEYOND THAT. >> GOVERNOR THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM PAUL HAYS WITH THE CALEDONIA RECORD. PAUL, PLEASE GO AHEAN AND ASK THE QUESTION. REPORTER: I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST, IF YOU VIEW THE CURRENT NUMBERS FOR THE CENTER IN LANCASTER, AND IN SECOND, THE ABOVE NOR JUST PROVIDE UPDATE ON THE STATE POLICE ADOPTION OR USE OF BODY. >> NEXT. >> SUR >> COUNTRY VILLAGE CENTER, RIGHT NOW, WE NINE RESIDENTS AND EIGHT STAFF FOR TOTAL OF 17 PEOPLE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. >> THE QUESTION, I BELIEVE THE SECOND QUESTION INVOLVES AROUND ISSUE OF BODY CAMERASS FOR THE STATE POLICE. THE ISSUE I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER QUINN FOR FOR SOME TIME AND I BELIEVE THEY FINALLY GOT RFP OUT. MAYBE DECEMBER. MAY BE OUT FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SOLICITATIONS TO ACQUIRE THE BODY CALM AS THERE WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT. THEY ARE IN PROCESS AND GET THEM UP AND RUNNING AS WE CAN. FRANKLY. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MICHAEL GRAHAM AT NEW. SHIR JOURNAL. MICHAEL, PLEASE GO AWHALED THE QUESTION. >> THANKS SO MUCH. A COUPLE OF VACCINE RELATED QUESTIONS AND THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE VERSION AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT HAD VACCINE DOSES THAT COULD NOT BE REREFRIGERATED BECAUSE OF THE SHORES HAVING TO DEAL WITH TEMPERATURE AND GOVERNOR CUOMO STARTED THREAT CONTINUING IF SOMEONE WOULD GIVE VACCINE AND THAT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. DO THEY HAVE A PLAN, A POLICY FOR IF YOU HAVE THESE DOSES THAT ARE IN DANGER AND SCHEDULE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM WHETHER THEY GO TO ISRAEL TO STOOP GUY OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL. THE GUY LEFT. BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE ISSUE OF HANDLING THE DOSES THAT HAVE TO BE KEPT AT SUPER LOW TEMPERATURES. HOUR. I HAVE THE DOCTOR TALK ABOUT THAT. >> SO THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY THE WAY THE VACCINE COMES WITH MULTIPLE DOSES IN A SINGLE VIAL THERE IS SOME RISK AND SOME EXING TATION THERE MAY BE SOME DOSES THAT DO GET UNUSE AND EXPIRE BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO BE USED AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP THIS AS SMALL NUMBERS AS POSSIBLE AND SO WE DO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE THINKING ABOUT THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH THOSE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD TOO MANY DOSES FOR CLINIC AND THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE VACCINES AND USE THEM AT THE STATE FIXED SITES LIKEWISE THE STATE HAS REMAINING VACCINE THEY ARE WORKING WITH NARE LOCAL PARTNERS TO BRING IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE PHASE 1A LIKE A WAITING LIST OF CALLING UP THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHOLE HAVE MOT BEEN VACCINATED YET. HE PLEASE SEND THEM OVER. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL DOSES LEFT AND THE HOSPITALS WHO ARE DOING THE ADMINISTRATION NOW AND SIMILARLY ARE GOING TO USE THE DOSEST THIS CAN ON THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK A IN MAY MOVE TOLL THE NEXT GROUP AND A NEW DOSES AFTER THE CLING AND YOU ARE IN THAT MODERATE RISK GROUP AND YOU ARE APPROPRIATE FOR VACCINATION IN PHASE 1A AND VACCINATE YOU NEXT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DOSE FOR YOU WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE THAT KEEP THOSE NUMBERS VERY LOW. >> GREAT JOB. >> AS LONG AS YOU MENTION LONG TERM CARE BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER SHORES BEING DEBATED IS TO DISTRIB BOOT THE SHORT SUPPLY VACCINE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF DOSES TO PEM ON THE FRONT LINE AND MORE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER THE VIRUS BUT HEALTHIER VERSUS OLDER PEOPLE WHOLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER COVID AND APPEARS SPREADS THEM AROUND AND RATHER THAN ANSWERING QUESTION WHO HAVES THE MORE IMPORTANT PRIORITY AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CDC HAS GUIDELINES SINCE UPDATED FOR CRITICIZED BECAUSE THEY INCLUDED THE SUGGESTION THAT SOCIAL JUSTICE CONCERNS SHOULD BE APPLIED AND THEREFORE BECAUSE THE NURSES AND FRONT LINE WORKERS TEND TO BE RATIONALLY DIVERSE AND PRIORITIZED OVER THE ELDERLY WHO TEND TO BE MORE CURRENTLY AND SOCIAL US JUST IS ASPECT YOU TAKE INTO CONVERSATION ET CETERA AND A FORMULA FOR FRONT LINE WORKERS REMEMBER CERTIFICATES THE ELDERLY KNOWING IF AN OLDER PERSON GETS LIKELY TO DRY COVID. SURE. WILL TAKE THAT SECOND QUESTION FIRST. AND OUR PLANS IN TERMING OF AL LE INDICATING AND CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VACCINE TO ENSURE EQUITY AND ACROSS THE STATE AND SOME OF THE LESSER SERVED COMMUNITIES AND. AND AS IT PER TAUNS TO HEALTH CARE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUPPLY WE ARE PROVIDING FOR THE ELDER LIR AND THOSE THAT ARE OLDER IN THE MEDICALLY FRAIL IN THE LONG-TERM CARE AS WELL AS THE FRONT LINE WOE, AND SPLIT IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE FRONT LINE WORKERS YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY MAY BE YOUNGER AND HEALTHIER AND THEY COME IN DIRECT CONTACT AND VITAL FOR THE CARE OF THOSE THAT ARE VERY VULNERABLE SO OBVIOUSLY, WHILE THEY THEMSELVES MAY NOT BE AS HIGH RISK THEY ARE EXTREMELY HIGH RISK FOR TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS AND COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THOSE AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS HOW IT TENS TO SPREAD OFTEN WITHIN MANY LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND IT IS ASYMPTOMIC WORKER AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT COMES IN ANOHOW THAT CAN GO. IT CAN BE A TOUGH SITUATION. SO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND HELPING MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH AND MEETING THE QUOTA NECESSARY AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES OR THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAFF OF THOSE. AND THEN, THEN, AT LEAST THROUGH 1A THE BULK OF REMANNER GOING OUT THOUGH HOSPITALS FOR THE MOST PART AND THAT WOULD ADMINISTER TO THEIR FRONT LINE WOE, THEN FINALLY THE FIXED SITE WE SET UP TO CARE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS SO IT REALLY IS A ABOUT THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MOST AT RISK OF DEATH AND THOSE THAT TAKE CARE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AND THE I RISK OF DEATH AND TALKING ABOUT THE 1%. 1 ON. SOL WE HAVE A COMMITMENT OF EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF VACCINE AND PART OF THAT PLAN INVOLVES MEETING THE SPEED KNEADS OF THOSE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND INCLUDES PEOPLE WHOLE ARE IN RATION AND KNICK MINORITY GROUPS TO GET TO THOSE POP LAGS YOU MAY BE HARDER TO REACH FOR US AND GOING TO WORK THE REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORKS TO PROVIDE SOME VACCINE TO THEM ABOUT 10%. AND TO GO OUT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT. AND EITHER DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUP SETS WHERE THEY WILL COME TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND TO ENCOURAGE UPTAKE OF THIS VACCINE AND SHARING MESSAGES OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY IN TRYK TO GET AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS AGAIN WHO HAVE BEEN PAGED BY COVID-19 AND WORK ON GETTING THE ELDERLY VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN THOSE IN THE SETTINGS THAT IS HAPPENING IN PLACE AND OUR LONG TERMING CARE PROGRAM HAVE THE DOSES 100% OF THE DOSES IT KNEE KNEADS TO CARRY OUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS VACCINATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND NOW WELL HE BE MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO GET ATS THIS INDIVIDUALS IN THE RATION AND ETHIC MINORITY GROUPS. >> GREAT JOB, THANK YOU, BETH. THE NEXT QUESTION ON THE PHONE COMES FROM TODD WITH THE PUBLIC RADIO. TODD. PLEASE GO AHEAD THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT PHASE BOTH STATE AND LOCAL BE VACCINATED. ESTHETING. AND COMMISSIONER SAID. YEAH. SORRY. >> WHAT WAS. WE'LL TREAT THEM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IF THEY ARE HIGH RISK AND VACCINATED. RIGHT. SO DOUBLE-CHECK WITH THE DOCTOR. AND SIMILAR TO EVERYONE ELSE IF THEY ARE ELDERLY AND MEDICAL VUL NER TCTS AND FALL IN THOSE CATEGORIES AS WE HAVE DEFINED. >> AND GOVERNOR, ARE OUR NEXT COMES FROM TONY WITH PATCH. TONY PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN, TWO QUICK THINGS. WHEN IF IT AL ALL FA FATALITY INFORMATION ON ALL THE CITIES COVID-19 WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS. SPECIFICALLY, A BREAKDOWN OF CO MORBIDITIES SIMILAR TO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE STATE REPORTS OVERDOSES DEATHS WE GET TOX CONTROL GIANT INFORMATION FOR EACH TYPE OF DRUG THAT MAY OR MAY NOT OR A COMBINATION OF THE DRUGS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE DEATH AND I THINK, AND THE CIRCLES TO THE SECOND QUESTION THE REASON IT MAY BE GOOD HAVE THIS ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE LOWER AGE GROUPS WHERE IT IS EXPLANATION FOR WHY THE PEOPLE ARE DYING AND IS THAT YOU STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS GAVE WARNINGS ABOUT NOT GOING TO GATHERINGS AT THANKSGIVING AND WE SEE THIS HUGE SPIKE ON DECEMBER SECOND. AND A LARGE NUMBER SINCE THANKSGIVING WE HAVE SEEN THESE. THE BIGGEST SO FAR IS OVER 1600 ON DECEMBER 23rd AND ALMOST A MONTH AFTER THANKSGIVING BUT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN WERE THERE WERE PROBABLY LOTS OF FAMILY GATHERINGS AS SAW SAID, TO GO FORWARD. SOP ANY SPECIFIC OUTBREAKS THAT YOU CAN GET. AND CAN YOU GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT CO MORBIDITY SO WHILE WE REALLY STAYING AT HOME, WE CAN TELL PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE THESE THINGS AND IN THESE AGE GROUPS AND GET INFECTED THE CHANCES ARE SLIM AND YOU ARE GOING DIE. THANKS. >> SURE. WELL, MAIN, I WILL ASK THE DOCTOR TO COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I WOULD TELL YOU THINK WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR. YOU ARE HIGHER RISK. IF YOU HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS YOU ARE AT HIGHER RISK AND CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS MAY BE RIGS KIER THAN OTHERS. ANY HEALTH CONDITION AND THE SLIGHTEST FORM CAN BE A RISK SO YOU KNOW, YINDER STAN THE NEED TO WANT TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SAY THESE HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS WITH COVID AND THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY ANY UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION THAT IS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OR DOES NOT BRING TO YOU HIGHER RISK AND SAY THAT AS GOVERNOR NOT AS AS DOCTOR AND I DON'T KNOW ANY ADDITIONAL COMORBIDITY INFORMATION THAT HE COULD BE PROVIDED BEYOND THAT. >> YEAH. SURE. COME ON UP, DOCTOR. >> SO WE DO INVESTIGATE ALL THE DEATHS THAT GET REPORTED TO US AND INFORMATION ON THE CO MORBIDITIES AND CAREFUL BILLION SHARING ANY POTENTIAL CONFIDENCE INFORMATION MAY PER TINE A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL BUT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND AGGREGATE SO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH HIT TO PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE WOULD YOU LIKE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION BASED WHAN WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT IS NOT IDENTIFYING THEN END TERMS OF THIS QUESTION AROUND DECEMBER 23rd OR ANY REAL DRIVERS TO THAT. IN TERMS OF OUTBREAKS, NO. THEM HAVE NOT BEEN ANY LARGE OUTBREAKS OTHER THAN THE ONCE YOU HEARD BEEN IN CITY FUSIONAL SETTING THAT'S THE COMMISSIONER SHARED WITH YOU AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE INCREASES OCCUR IN OUR ON BRE GATE SETTING LOOKS THE JAILS, PRISONS AND OUR LONG TERM CARE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RATHER LARGE OUTBREAKS IN THOSE SETTINGS THAT WILL ON PRN TOOT IN TERM OF THE GENERAL POPULATION WE HAD SMALL CLUSTERS OF INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH PRIVATE GATHERINGS IN AGAIN REEN FORSES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE AID VOW VOID THOSE WHEN THEY ARE SMALL AND SEEING TRANSMISSION OCCUR IN THOSE SETTINGS. >> GOVERNOR OUR FINAL QUESTION ON THE PHONE COMES FROM STEVEN WITH SEA COAST ON-LINE. STEVEN, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS A FOLLOW-UP ON THE TIMELINE THAT THE DOCTOR OUTLINED EARLIER. AS WE TEN ENTER PHASE 1B AND THE PHASES THERE AFTER, WHO WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER SOMEONE QUALIFIES THEM FOR VACCINATION UNDER THAT PHASE. AND IF IT IS A POSITION, HOW WILL THE STATE MAKE SURE THOSE DETERMINATIONS ARE BEING MADE CONSIST CONTINUALLY ACROSS THE BOARD? >> WELL, SO THE ANSWER IS YES, THE PHYSICIANS HAVE THE DETERMINATION 6:00 BUT LIKE WE SAID WE'LL GIVE THEM THE FLECT ON THE BIDDANCE WE GIVE THEM INTERNALS OF THE AREAS OF HIGHEST RISK AND THE AREAS AND THE CDC HAS OUTLINED AND HAS THE ULTIMATE SETTING. >> S WITH THERE A SECOND QUESTION STEVEN. >> WELL, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST QUESTION, THOUGH. WHATWHAT IS THE TECHNICIAN FOR INSURANCE AND FROM ONE POSITION THE NEXT. WE HAVE DEFEND ONE AS OF YET. THINK, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME INCONSISTENCIES AND PHYSICIANS CAN MAKE DETERMINATIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY SEE WITH THEIR PATIENT'S HISTORY AND EVERY PATIENT HAS DIFFERENT MEDICAL HISTORY. EVERY LEVEL OF EVERYBODY MEDICAL ISSUE THAT MAY COME UP, EVERY MET CALL THAN MAY BE, MAY HAVE THE OWN SEVERITY. YOU COULD HAVE FOLKS WITH SEVERE MASS. STAGE TWO CANCER, STAGE FOUR CANCER, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS IN THERE, SOB THERE IS A LOFT GRAY AREA FRANKLY AND AGAIN, WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE BEST AND THEBRIGHT AND OUR DOCTORS, OUR PHYSICIAN AND THOSE WHO KNOW THE PATIENTS THE BEST TO MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON THE GUIDELINES WE PREVENT THEM. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEN ONE MORE QUESTION. I KNOW GOVERNOR, YOU SAID NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO LET UP ON PRECAUTIONS LIKE WEARING MASK AND MAINTAINING DIF DISTANCE. ONCE SOMEONE HAS BEEN ULFULLY VACCINATED CAN THEY BE CAUTIOUS. DO YOU STILL RECOMMEND THEY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEM. THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM. ABC LOU THERE. I THINK AS WE GO DOWN. THERE CAN BE A TRANSMITTER POTENTIALLY STILL. THERE IS CITIESLESTILL RISK THERE. AGAIN, JUST GET THROUGH THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE VACCINATION AND ACTUALLY, THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS NEIGHBOR WEEK AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL GET THE SECOND DOSE SO TKCALLY ON THE STATE IS FULLY VACCINATED YET AND ACTUALLY GONE OUT YET SO WE'RE EARLY ON HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS WELL BE A LOOKING AT AS WE GO FORWARD ARE THOSE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND AGAIN, ARE FOR EX PEAL. TRAVEL ROW VISION, RIGHT. WILL THERE BE CHANGES FOR RECK RECREATIONAL TRAVEL FOR THOSE VACCINATED AND LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT AT THIS POINT BY ANY MEANS AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE VIGILANT ON WEARING MASKS. LET UP ON NOTHING BECAUSE THAT TYPE OF LAXED ATTITUDE CAN CREATE EVEN HIGHER SPIKE AND I MEAN HOPEFULLY OUR NUMBERS SEEMED TO HAVE STABILIZED THEY ARE HIGH. THEY SEEMED TO HAVE STABILIZED. NOTHING TO SAY IF WE LET UP THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO HIGHER. SO WE RAIN PLACE WHERE WE CAN MADGE PAIGE NOW. STILL. WE HAVE IT A LOFT OUTBREAKS AND LONG TERM CARE. AND WHAT NOT. STILL PAIGEING A LOT ON THE PLATE TO BE SURE AND WE ARE NOT OUT OF THIS FOR A LONG SHOT. IT IS, WITH IT IS JANUARY 5th RIGHT. MAN, WE GOT, WE GAT LONG WAY TO GO AND PEOPLE HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT. >> A GREAT AD. WE'RE HEARING ABOUT DIFFICULTY STAFFING THE CLINICS THE VACCINATION CLINICS AND THE PHARMACY SITE AND THOSE. ANYTHING THE STATE CAN DOP TO HELP THERE OR JUST A MATTERED OF WORK FORCE? >> NO, ALWAYS. SO YOU I KNOW, ONE THING WE DO. WE DO MAINTAIN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PHARMACY PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE IN A LONG TEM CARE. AND AS ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY NEED WORK FORCE AND WORK TO SEE WHAT MAY BE POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE. WE HAVE OUR FIXED SITE VES THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD AT THE READY AND HELPED US A LOT WITH A LOT. WE CAN TRAIN THEM UP AND ADDITIONAL STAFF IS NEEDED SO SO THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A HEALTH CARE STAFFING CRUNCH ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MONITORING THOSE SITUATIONS AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS OIS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DEAL WITH THEM ON THE ONE-TO-ONE BASIS AND I KNOW THE STREAM BEEN WORK RINCON JUST THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHICH GO TO TWO OR FOUR LANES AT ONCE AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND BUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EACH SITUATION MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. EACH REGION OF THE STATE MAY BE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN WASHINGTON AND PROMISING MORE REBUST FEDERAL RESPONSE. YOU HAVE A PLAN HERE AND LAID IT OUT. IF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OVER AND MOVE FAST. DO YOU REL WELCOME THAT? >> I DON'T THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO MOVE FASTER. SO. I MEAN, LOOK. WE WORK WITH THEM. WORE GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND YOU KNOW, HI, I THE FEDERAL DONE TRACT WITH CVS IN THE LONG TERM CARE REQUIRE IS A LOFT OVERSITED. >> BY THOUGH TEAMS AND SPOSSED TO BE DIRECT FEDERAL CONSTANT. WE'RE IN CONSTANT MANAGEMENT OF THAT TO ENSURE ANY TIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IN DIRECT CONTROL, THERE IS A SENSE WE GET REMOVED FROM IT A LITTLE BIT AND THAT ACCOUNTABILITY CANNOT BE THERE AND WE WANT TO STAY VERY ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT AND THE BEST WAY TO ALLOW STATES THE FLECT TO ADMINISTER IT A AS THEY SEE FIT AND WANT AS MUCH ON THE ADMINISTRATION GOING FORWARD AS POSSIBLE. >> I SAW THAT YOU WERE SKIING THIS PAST WEEK DURING THE VACATION AND I WONDERED WHAT YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF MU THE INDUSTRY IS ADAPTING TO THE COVID PROTOCOLS. >> THE SKI INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR. >> TOUR. >> I YEAH. THINK TOURISM HAS BEEN DOING WELL IN TERMS OF ADAPTING AND WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE COVID PAN DEG I CAN TELL YOU. I HAVE SEEN SOME STORIES OF SKI RESORTS THAT ARE OFFERING THEIR OWN TESTING FOR FOLKS WHO COME UP AND MAY NEED A TEST BEFORE THEY GO BACK ACROSS THE BORDER. I THINK THE SKI RESORT AND THE OTHER WINTER RECREATION SITES AND TURRISM SITES HAVE DEAN GOOD JOB TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE. RIGHT. VERY THOUGHTFUL. DY NOT GO TO THE BASE LODGES. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. A COUPLE OF DAYS. I DIDN'T GO THOUGH BASE LODGES CUE SEE OUTSIDE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. MONITORING THE NUMBERS AND SEE INSIDE FOLKS WITHNGS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB BETWEEN PARTIES AND NOT PERFECT OF COURSE. THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN AND DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN. BECAUSE WE KEPT AND LIFT THE WHOLE TIME AND STAYED IN THE FRESH AI BOY YARR TICKETS MOUSE. >> GOVERNOR IT NOW IT IS COVID RELATED THERE WAS FEDERAL LAWSUIT TODAY. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH THE STATE PARTNERS AND RERE GUARDING YOUNG ADULTS AND PLACEMENT AND FOSTER HOMES AND STRONG LANGUAGE AND WE ARE GOING TO UNNECESSARY WAREHOUSING OF FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU HAD SOME STRONG RESPONSE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE. IT IS NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR PRAYING FRANKLY ON THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS THAT DEAL W THE DIVISION OF CHILDREN MOUTH YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND LOOK FOR SET SETTLEMENTANCE LONG TERM KAY PAYOUTS IF YOU WILL AND WE HAVE MA MADE MORE PROGRESSIVE REFORMS IN OUR CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM HERE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND WE HAD A REAL CRISIS WHEN WE CAME IN AND DEALT WITH IT. WE JUMPED ON TOP OF IT. WE BROUGHT IN NEW INDIVIDUALS AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS YOU KNOW, LEAVING FOSTER CARE IS GOING DOWN. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CASELOAD FOR EACH CASE WORKER IS DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY OR MANAGEABLE AND ONE-ON-ONE AND GOTTEN GREAT RESULTS AND THIS NEW NEW YORK GROUP WANTS TO COME IN AND PUSH AROUND AND TELL THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HOW TO MANAGE A SYSTEM WE HAVE DONE GREAT REFORMS WITH. IF ANYTHING I AM MOST DISPINED WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PARTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED THEM FILE THIS SOLUTE BECAUSE THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW THE REFORMS WE BROUGHT IN HERE. WE KNOW WHAT A GREAT JOB AND COMMISSIONER AND THE ENTIRE TEAM CONTINUED TO DO AND THOSE FOLKS HAVE NOT SLEPT IN TWO YEARS AND GOING AFTER THE DAY AFTER DAY SIMPLY TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR THESE KIDS. AND TOP THINK THIS GROUP OUT OF NEW YORK THAT PREYS ON THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO COME IN HER AND PUSH AROUND THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND BRING OUR REFORMS TO A GRINDING HALT WITH SOLUTES ABSOLUTELY NOT. THEY GOT, NO. NO. I GOT IT. I AM GOING TO PULL BACK THERE BECAUSE I GET VERY NATION NATE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE PUT SO MUCH EFFORT ON IT. WE PUT ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON KNIT. WE DID LET POLITICS GET IN THE WAY. WE DID LET TRADITIONAL BARRIERS AND EXCUSES STOP US FROM DOING WHAT IS RIGHT BY OUR SYSTEM. AND, AGRAIN IS IT PERFECT. NO, IT IS NOT PERFECT. WE'RE ALWAYS CHALLENGING OURSELVES TO GET TOT 100% OF IN SUCH A TOUGH SYSTEM AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ABUISTED KID AND FINALLY PUTTING IN PREVENTION SERVICES THAT WERE NOT THERE AND FOR YEARS. WE HAVE DONE THAT. ACTUALLY NOT ONLY SEEING THAT. WE HAVE DONE THESE. WE ARE SEEING RESULTS IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA DASHBOARD THAT DCYF PUT OUT. I THINK THAT IS PUBLIC. YOU CAN SEE DATA GETTING BETTER AND BETTER IN ALL DIFFERENT METRICS SO SOON GREAT PATH HER AND WE JUST, I GET FRUSTRATED WHEN THESE OUTSIDE GROUPS ARE LOOKING FOR EXTRA CASH LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY. AND IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. WELL, IF WE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS CONTINUING IN OUR SYSTEM AND NOT ABLE TO MAKE REFORMS AND WERE NOT SEEING THE RESULTS, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE A THOUGH STAND ON. TO COME IN TO TRY SUE US AND BRING TO IT A GRINDING HALT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE KIDS WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET PUSHED OVER ON THEM. >> HE SAID WITH A SMILE. >> I DID. THANK YOU. >> YES. >> WE TALK YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THE STATE IS RECEIVING THE VACCINE AND THE NEIGHBORS OR IT WAS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHOS ARE VEFFING THE VACCINE AND GETTING SUPPLY AT LOWER RATES THAN EXPECTED? >> WELL, AGAIN, I THINK, AS WE TRIED TO ADDRESS EARLIER, THINK THAT ONE SNAPSHOT WITH THE CDC OF THE CDC AND LOOKED AT IT TODAY. YOU IS DIFFERENT NOW ONE OF THE STATES AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE VACCINE OUT. SO YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO LOOK AT THE SNAPSHOT AND MAKE TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND DOING WELL. GETTING IT OUT IN TERM OF WHAT WAS ANTICIPATE ANG GO GOING BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD IN NOVEMBER. THIS WAS ISSUE IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME OUT AND GENERAL AND OUR ADMIRAL CAME OUT AND SAID YES. SORRY. YOU KNOW. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AT THE AS SAY DEGREES OFLY AS WE DID. AND HERE IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING. I THINK FROM THAT WE HAVE LEARNED WE GET A CALL IF YOU WILL OR REPORT FROM WASHINGTON AND HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET NEXT WEEK AND EXPECT FOR THE MOST PART THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME THROUGH. WE ARE GETTING A FAIR SHARE AND PERTAINS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND GETTING THE VACCINE OUT AS APTED IN TERMS SCHEDULE AND ALSO GOOD NEWS AND GIVES US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN TERMS OF WHAT WHERE 1A, 2A, 2B. IT FLIES WID. THEM A HAS DONE PHENOMENAL JOB AND IN TERMS GEVING IT OUT AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE HOSPITALS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. AND I ALWAYS GO BACK TO HEIDI WHEN SHE STOOD UP THERE AS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO GET THE VACCINE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THAT MIC DROP MOMENT AND WE STAN HERE AND THE VACCINE IS SAFE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT. IF YOU WALKED THE SHIFT IN HER SHOES AS SHE SAID. AND SAW WHAT SHE HAS SEEN AND I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SAFE AND GETTING VACCINATED SO I THINK THE TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND STAY ON IT. IF FOR SOME REASON WE TRULY SEE NUMBERS DROPPING BELOW OUR NEIGHBORS OR NOT GETTING THE FAIR SHARE AND I GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE'S CELL NUMB BURNER WASHINGTON THAT WE NEED. AND SO WE CAN GET THE RIGHT FOLKS ON THE PHONE TO PUSH THE BUTTON WES NEED PUSH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING TREATED FAIRLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN. AM WELL, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THE STATE GOT AND YOU FEEL THAT IS ADEQUATE FOR NOW. >> WELL, OUT OF THE BILL THAT WAS SIGNED. YEAH. WHEN YOU ADD EVERYTHING IN. I MEAN, WE HEARD A NUMBER OF APPROXIMATELY $2 BILLION AND ADD IN. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM POTENTIAL FOR OUR SHARE OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND FIND! FUNDING OUT OF THE PPP PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEN THE OTHER SUBPROBLEM PROGRAMS NEVER QUITE SURE HOW WE'LL GET OUT OF THE INSURANCE. AND STAY STEAD I DY AND $300 PER WEEK. HOW MANY WOULD APPLY AND THOSE ARE JUST ESTIMATES AND BASED ON THOSE ESTIMATES WHAT WE SAW THAT IN PAST AND IN THE REM OF $2 BILLION AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW? >> HOW LONG IT WILL LAST US. WELL, LIKE, THOSE, THOSE THE MONEY. WELL, IT IS VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE SPENT AT LEAST THROUGH 2021 AND I THINK SOME PROGRAMS THAT MAY GO BEYOND LIKE THE EDUCATION MONEY I THINK MAY GO BEYOND THE SCHOOL YEAR GOES INTO 2022 AND SO I THINK THE EDUCATION DOLLARS CAN BE USED WELL INTO 2022 AS WELL. ADEQUATE FOR NOW. >> FOR SCHOOLS? >> YEAH. FOR SCHOOLS. IN GENERAL. >> WERE UP SHALL UM, DOES THAT SEEM ADEQUATE IN THE I THINK WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR THE VACCINATION FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE COVID CRISIS AND I THINK THEY VERY DONE AND GOOD JOB BE WITH THAT. I THINK WE WERE HOPING TO SEE SOMETHING IN STIMULUS DOLLARS AND DOLLARS THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED ON A WASHINGTON. A LITTLE BIT ON TRANSPORTATION AND NOT SO MUCH ON JOB CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND ABLE TO DO A LOT HERE AS YOU KNOW AND STIMULATE. AND WAY THAT LIMB MILTED TIMEFRAME AND DO ANOTHER EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM AS THEY DID BEFORE. WHAT HAP HAPP PENS AFTER ABILITY WEEKS AND COME BACK AT 110%. THATTIC NOT THE CASE. SO MY SENSE IS, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS NOT, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS NOT COME IN YET, RIGHT. HE BECOMES PRESIDENT. HE WILL PUT HIS STAMP ON THE COVID ISSUE AS WELL AND THE SENSE IS THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING SOME TYPE OF BILL THROUGH CONGRESS AND STATE OF THE RELIEF BILL OR ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC PACKIC BE A INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THAT IS. I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO DO THEIR OWN THING AS EXPECTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THERE TOO COULD BE MORE OPPORTUNITY DOMING COMING. IF NOTHING ELSE CAME, I THINK, THEY HAVE DONE AND GOOD JOB LAYING A GROUND WORK AND FRAMEWORK TO GET US THROUGH WINTER AND SPRING AND FOCUSED ON NOW. >> OK. WELL, GREAT. THANKS, FOLKS. I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING A LITTLE LONG. GREAT TO BE BACK THEN SWING OF THINGS. A LONG WAY TO GO. THE VACCINE IS BEING DISRUB BOOED WE WANTED TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS SO THEY KNOW WHAT GROUP THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT NEXT IN TERMS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE IF THEY KNOW THEY RAIN CERTAIN GROUP WHAN CAN PECTED FROM THE HEALTH CARE PREVEERED AND ENTER AND THE SITES ARE WORK AND STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AND
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Full video: Governor holds latest COVID-19 briefing for New Hampshire (Jan. 5, 2021)
See the latest COVID-19 updates from Gov. Chris Sununu, Dr. Benjamin Chan, DHHS Commissioner Lori Shibinette and Dr. Beth Daly.
See the latest COVID-19 updates from Gov. Chris Sununu, Dr. Benjamin Chan, DHHS Commissioner Lori Shibinette and Dr. Beth Daly.
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