By RICK GREEN, GRANITE STATE NEWS COLLABORATIVE
Only 3 percent of more than 50,000 COVID-19 cases reported in New Hampshire over the past eight months involve people who have been vaccinated, but that doesn’t stop a large percentage of Granite State residents from doubting that the vaccine works.
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