Bob Giuda: Working together, we will beat coronavirus pandemic

To The Daily Sun,

When COVID-19 struck New Hampshire, Governor Sununu quickly set up the Governor’s Economic Reopening Task Force (GERTF) working with businesses and industries to develop reopening guidelines; and the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR), to advise him on delivering desperately needed CARES Act funds to our families, communities, and businesses.

I volunteered for GERTF because I knew the closed economy would financially devastate our families, and state revenues would plummet, with serious consequences. We spent hundreds of hours taking testimony from businesses to develop reopening guidelines for every type of business in the state. We pored over COVID-19 statistics from the CDC, OSHA, state Public Health professionals, the Department of Employment Security, and the Department of Revenue Administration. For months, we met via conference call 5 days a week, taking input and delivering proposed guidelines to the state’s public health team and the governor for final approval. We spent our summer balancing the safety of our citizens with the need to rebuild our economy. We continue to conference weekly, analyzing and amending guidelines as necessary.

The impact of COVID-19 on adults, children, families, teachers, students, first responders, local, county and state government workers, the elderly has changed our lives for the time being. I’ve had the privilege of seeing the best of our citizens and state government as we fight this virus. No matter our successes, every one of us is deeply affected by every life claimed by this pandemic. We remain driven to defeat COVID-19 and get back to our normal way of life.

Working together, we will win.

Sen. Bob Guida

Warren