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Dr Mark Levine, Health Commissioner, with Governor Phil Scott, at one of the first COVID-19 press conferences, March 16, 2020. VBM photo.
by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine It would have been a bigger surprise if Vermont had failed.
Think of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, and how Vermont and Vermonters rose to meet the challenge. Why would we expect anything less when COVID-19 came along?
We wouldn t, of course, which is why Vermont has been a leader in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic since it first reared its ugly head at the beginning of the year 2020. Governor Phil Scott proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 13, 2020.