At the December 9 Nashua Board of Health meeting to discuss imposing a 9:30 pm curfew in Nashua, Board member Dr. Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum said, “Curfews aren’t proven to reduce the burden of COVID in the community.”
Related: A Curfew is Still on the Nashua Board of Health Agenda – Meeting This Week – Granite Grok
On December 11, WMUR reported on a meeting of the Board scheduled for today to discuss a curfew:
The Board of Public Health is planning to meet on Monday to come up with a recommendation, which will then be forwarded to the mayor and Board of Alderman, who will then make a decision on what, if anything, to enact
From the Union Leader coverage of the Board of Health’s December 9 meeting with the headline “Nashua businesses call curfew crippling; health experts say something must be done”:
“The burden of COVID in the community is high and growing, so something has to be done differently than what we are doing now,” said Dr. Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum.
James Rafferty, general manager of The River Casino and Sports Bar in Nashua, told the Nashua Board of Health on Wednesday that his business doesn’t even start getting busy until 9 p.m.
Kurt Mathias, owner of Boston Billiard Club and Casino in Nashua, said most restaurants and entertainment venues are hanging on by a thread financially. Forcing them to close at 9:30 p.m. would be unfair, he said.
A broad curfew across the city would have severe financial implications for some people, [Alderman Ben] Clemons said.
“We have to find a better way to do that,” he said.
Information about how to connect to the meeting from the Board of Health agenda for December 14:
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
Date: December 14, 2020
1:30 PM
Zoom Meeting
AGENDA
1. Call to Order – Board Member
2. 9:30 PM Curfew
3. Adjourn – Next Meeting – January 13, 2020
Time: Dec 14, 2020 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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