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Valley News - How can Vermont reach the last 18% for vaccination?

How can Vermont reach the last 18% for vaccination? Modified: 7/4/2021 9:41:50 PM About 82% of the state’s eligible population is vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, placing Vermont at the top of the country in its vaccine progress. It also just reached another milestone. More than three-quarters of its adult population is fully vaccinated, one of the strongest measures the state has for curbing COVID-19 cases and deaths. That high vaccination rate allowed Gov. Phil Scott to drop all COVID-19 restrictions in June, marking a symbolic end to that phase of the pandemic. But even before Scott reopened the state, vaccinations had been falling. The number of Vermonters getting vaccinated for the first time has dropped significantly since May.

Pandemic All-Star: Helen Reid, Acting Director, Vermont Department of Health Laboratory

Helen Reid, Acting director, Vermont Department of Health Laboratory Eight months. That s how long Helen Reid thought she might be acting director of the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory in Colchester after the retirement of her predecessor in October 2019. She agreed to fill in until a permanent replacement could be hired. But four months into Reid s temporary role, Vermont entered its worst public health crisis in a century. She found herself, along with the rest of the lab s staff, in siege mode. The team oversaw one of the most important tasks for slowing the pandemic: implementing the laboratory tests that determine who has contracted COVID-19.

In rural Vermont, vaccine participation is some of the highest in the nation

In rural Vermont, vaccine participation is some of the highest in the nation and last updated 2021-04-28 14:25:19-04 During any other year, late spring snow would typically be the only thing slowing business in the small town of Woodstock, Vermont. But for all the beauty that abounds in this idyllic part of the Northeast, there s still been no escaping the pandemic. We really rely on tourism here, said Barbara Leonard, a lifelong Vermont resident who works in a small children s toy shop in downtown Woodstock. It’s heartbreaking for me to work a children’s store and have grandparents say they are buying toys for children who were born during the pandemic and who they haven’t met yet, she added.

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