Sen. Tom Sherman and Rep. Bill Marsh: How did we get here with COVID-19?

As Omicron hits New Hampshire, COVID case counts are again hitting record highs, and we anticipate hospitalizations and deaths will soon track this rise, as they have in other states. Last month, we urged that New Hampshire act to minimize this predicable tragedy, but Gov. Chris Sununu labeled our concern as “silly and partisan.”

Over the next few weeks, we are about to find out just how prepared New Hampshire actually is. We can only hope Gov. Sununu won’t find himself echoing Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, who just today had to admit “we can’t manufacture doctors and nurses who don’t exist” as he declared another state of emergency. So how did we get here?