Dear Editor, The recent news that Vermont experienced 487 Covid cases on Thursday, Nov. 4, breaking the all-time record by more than 100 cases, was extremely disheartening even to the most optimistic Vermonters. Friday followed on its heels with 377 […]
Tag: Gov. Phil Scott
Gov. Scott dons mask as state posts record Covid cases
By Ethan Weinstein As the state sets new records in both its seven day average case count and its single day case count, Governor Phil Scott and his administration addressed Vermonters while wearing masks for the first time in months […]
Kids, 5-11, can get vaccinated this week
By Ethan Weinstein If, as experts expect, the CDC endorses Pfizer’s vaccine for children 5-11 on Nov. 2 or 3, Vermonters in that age group will be able to receive their first shot this week, Gov. Phil Scott said at […]
Leaders discuss benefits, limitations of Zoom
As local officials enter budget discussions in preparation for Town Meeting, some wonder if online municipal meetings will ever end? By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger Local officials in every town across Vermont are set to spend a long winter drafting budget […]
Delta changed the equation; policies must change too
By Anne Sosin Editor’s note: Anne N. Sosin is a public health researcher and Policy Fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College and the co-lead on research on Covid-19 and rural health equity in northern New England. […]
Vermont lawmakers implore Scott to declare Covid-19 emergency, protect children
By Sarah Mearhoff/VTDigger Vermont state lawmakers joined health care workers, teachers and others during a Monday afternoon press conference, Oct. 25, to increase pressure on Gov. Phil Scott to reinstate an emergency declaration amid rising coronavirus case counts in the […]
How long until the governor does the right thing?
Dear Editor, Covid cases are climbing around the state and Gov. Scott says “I don’t know why.” The answer is obvious: the abandonment of the indoor mask mandate. This is causing serious outbreaks across the state, particularly in schools. From […]
Paramount outlines $3.4 million renovation
Rutland’s Paramount Theatre, a cornerstone of community and civic engagement, was awarded tax credits for two projects, according to a recent announcement by Gov. Scott’s administration when it announced credits that will support 28 rehabilitation and revitalization projects in 22 […]
Kids 0-9 lead the surge in state Covid cases
By Ethan Weinstein After a week of falling case counts, Vermont’s Covid tallies rose to near highs in the last seven days. Amidst the surge, Gov. Scott at his weekly press conference did not announce any changes to mitigation policies. […]
‘Monkey wrench’: How the Delta variant caught Vermont off guard
By Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As the pace of vaccinations slowed this spring, some experts began floating a new vision of Covid-19’s future as endemic. Rather than focusing on herd immunity — the threshold at which enough people had been vaccinated or […]