GOV. SUNUNU: NOTHING FOR THE
RALLY.
REPORTER: ONE MORE.
CONSIDERING SCHOOL IS HAPPENING,
AND A FEW CASES POPPING UP,
WHICH I KNOW THE DOCTOR SAID IS
NOT A SURPRISE, AND COUPLED WITH
THE SPORTS CAMPS, WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND KIDS AND
MAYBE SCHOOL STAFF IF THEY HAVE
CONCERNS OR HIGH ANXIETY ABOUT
LIFE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE
MOST NORMAL WAY WE CAN?
GOV. SUNUNU: THERE IS A LOT OF
ANXIETY AND CONCERNS BY FAMILY
MEMBERS AND PARENTS AROUND
SCHOOLS OR CAMPS OR WHATEVER IT
MIGHT BE.
THAT IT’ JUSTIFIED.
WE SAID WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHEN
GUIDANCE IS NOT FOLLOWED OR THE
MESSAGE IS NOT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE SPREAD
QUICKLY.
COMMISSIONER SHIBINETTE HAS
TALKED ABOUT THE ATTACK RATE
WITHIN A SINGLE FACILITY.
THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE
VIOLENT -- VIRUS.
ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS ARE VERY
VALID.
AGAIN, INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE SITUATION
THEY ARE IN.
IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD OR YOU
DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT
WHAT YOUR CHILD IS DOING OR THE
ACTIVITIES, THEY SHOULD WITHDRAW
FROM THAT ACTIVITY.
IF THERE IS CLEAR VIOLATION OF
GUIDANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
THE STATE CAN COME IN AND WORK
WITH THOSE ORGANIZERS, WHETHER
IT BE A FACILITY OR CAMP OR
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
PARENTS NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS
FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE SURE
THEY ARE COMFORTABLE IN THOSE
SITUATIONS.
I THINK IT IS EVERYONE’S HOPE
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS
NOT FOREVER.
THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL AT SOME POINT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT AND THINK
ALL OF U BELIEVE.
THAT STRONGLY I DON’T THINK IT
IS NEXT MONTH BUT HOPEFULLY
TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR OR AS
WE ENTER INTO 2021.
SOME SACRIFICES WILL HAVE TO BE
MADE.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES MIGHT
HAVE TO BE SKIPPED THIS YEAR, SO
TO SAY, IF THAT IS THE PATH
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE CHOOSING.
I WILL SAY WE FEEL COMFORTABLE
WITH THE GUIDANCE WE HAVE PUT
INTO PLACE.
OBVIOUSLY FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
OF TIMES, THE GUIDANCE IS
WORKING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
I’M A BIG BELIEVER THAT TALK IS
ONE THING BUT RESULTS ARE WHAT
REALLY MATTERS.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO KEEP THIS COVID SPREAD LOW
HERE WITHIN OUR BORDERS, KNOWING
HOW BAD IT WAS FOR THE SOUTH OF
US IN MASSACHUSETTS, GROUND ZERO
FOR COVID, AND WE HAVE DONE A
GREAT JOB AS OUR TEAM, AND THAT
DESERVES A BIG THANK YOU.
PARENTS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND AT THE END OF THE
DAY, IT IS ABOUT OUR PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO OURSELVES AND
FAMILY.
NOT TO PUT OURSELVES IN
SITUATIONS TO BE ABLE TO REACT
TO THOSE SITUATIONS.
THERE COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE
YOU ARE IN A FACILITY OR
RESTAURANT OR BAR -- OR BAR, AND
WHEN YOU WALKED IN, THERE WAS
LOTS OF POTENTIAL FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
BUT WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES,
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COME IN.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REACT TO
THAT AND SAY, THIS IS GETTING
TIGHT FOR MY LIKING.
DOESN’T MAKE ME COMFORTABLE.
MAYBE FOLKS ARE NOT FOLLOWING
THE GUIDANCE.
MAYBE FOLKS ARE NOT WEARING A
MASK.
PUT YOURSELF OUT.
IT’S OK.
YOU HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT, I
THINK.
