This is RSA 4:45 II, which addresses how a “state-of-emergency” declared by a New Hampshire Governor terminates:
At the beginning of the year, we were told that COVID was 34-times more lethal than the flu. We now know that was wildly inaccurate and that COVID actually has the same lethality (IFR) as the flu – 99.9% do not die.
We also know how COVID is different from the flu. In relevant part, the at-risk population for COVID are the very elderly, the very obese and the immunocompromised.
To cut to the chase, if we do not declare a “state-of-emergency” every fall for the seasonal flu … which we don’t … then there is no rationale for maintaining a “state-of-emergency” for COVID. To reiterate, the overall lethality of COVID is the same as the flu AND we know the general population (more specifically, those who are not very elderly, very obese or immunocompromised) is actually more at risk from the seasonal flu than from COVID.
Given the above, a legislative body that is actually majority-GOP would end New Hampshire’s state-of-emergency as its first order of business.