Avoid Super Spreader parties this weekend - VT Business Magazine
The Vermont Dept. of Health reports the Super Bowl party game plan from Coach Fauci: “You don’t want parties with people that you haven’t had much contact with. You just don’t know if they’re infected. So as difficult as that is, at least this time around, just lay low and cool it.”
Read more105-year-old 1918 flu survivor gets vaccine - AP
A survivor of the Great Influenza of 1918 received a Covid-19 vaccination Wednesday. 105-year-old Sophie Connors of Colchester was among the 160 people vaccinated at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex as part of the next phase of vaccinations, the University of Vermont Medical Center said.
Read moreOver 55K VTers vaxxed - VPR
The good news is that more than 55,000 Vermonters have at least their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. The bad news is that new cases and deaths are being reported daily.
Read moreGov. Scott, Dept. of Health: why don’t ski tourists follow Covid rules? - Margie Klark
Gov Scott & Department of Health:
As information is released that some COVID cases are linked to ski resorts, it appears there is a giant gap in enforcement in these areas.
Senators urge priority vaccination of homeless - WPTZ
So far Vermont’s homeless have been remarkably free of Covid-19 - perhaps due to all of that time outside? But now that frigid temps have driven them indoors, the State of Vermont should give them higher vaccination priority to prevent a potentially catastrophic outbreak, three Rutland County senators say.
Read moreVaccination sites will be open despite blizzard - AP
Whether Vermont gets two inches of snow or two feet of the fluffy stuff, the state’s new vaccination centers will be open.
Read moreCovid-19 vaccination, the Day After - Tom Evslin
Vaccination Day +1: I planned on some cross-country skiing but didn’t have much energy. “What’s going on?” I asked my Chief of Intrapersonal Security.
Covid-19 vaccination, the Day After - Tom Evslin
Vaccination Day +1: I planned on some cross-country skiing but didn’t have much energy. “What’s going on?” I asked my Chief of Intrapersonal Security.
Pay people to get vaccinated? It works - VPR
Research says appealing to one of humanity’s most basic wants - more money - might help public health officials get to ‘herd immunity’ vaccination levels.
Read more860 doses okay, Health Dept. says - AP
Those 860 doses of Moderna vaccine kept at a temperature a degree higher than permitted? They’re okay to use, the Vermont Dept. of Health said.
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