Posts by David Brooks
A COVID-19 vaccine being tested in New Hampshire has been approved for use in the United Kingdom, where developers believe it will be effective against a new variant of the virus, but that doesn’t change the local trial.
As New Hampshire gears up to keep the roads clear during snowstorms, the possibility of COVID-19 sidelining drivers looms large, particularly because there aren’t as many drivers as there once were.
You can add another activity to the list of those complicated by COVID-19: Climbing mountains in winter so you can ski back down.
The pandemic has clobbered the world of pro sports just as it has clobbered every other activity, but its effect on New Hampshire’s income from sports betting may not be too bad. In fact, it might not be bad at all.
From the very start, the biggest worry of health officials is that too many people will get COVID-19 at once and overwhelm hospitals, causing a ripple effect. They’re seeing that out West right now. New Hampshire never came near that level of cases in the spring and hopefully won’t this winter, but of all the figures that the Monitor follows right now, the number of active cases in state hospitals is probably the most important.
New Hampshire’s small but thriving meat-processing industry, the creation of years of effort accompanying the state’s resurgence in small farms, seems unaffected by the turmoil in the vastly larger industry in other parts of the country.
All over New Hampshire, people are trying to figure out how to maintain that cherished institution of gathering people together for town meeting when we’re not supposed to gather together.
Here’s yet another surprising effect that COVID-19 has produced in every day life: Stripping once inside the front door has become routine.
As the COVID-19 shutdown spreads, we know not to get close to other people. But what about pets? Swingsets in