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Vaccination Clinics to Close

VaccinationClinicsToClose.pdf
On January 3, 2023, the Vermont Department of Health announced that it would close all walk-in…

State Revised Pandemic Death Toll

UnreportedCasesJan2023.pdf
On January 6, 2023, the state announced that it had uncovered 86 more deaths from Covid-19 than…

Effectiveness of Beau Tie Masks

BeauTiesMaskEffectiveness.pdf
At the beginning of the pandemic people started wearing cloth masks to protect themselves from the…

Masks Made in Vermont

BeauTiesOfVermont.pdf
When the world started needing face masks to combat Covid-19, Beau Ties of Vermont started…

Covid Levels Remain High

CovidLevelsRemainHigh.pdf
On May 19, 2022, VtDigger reported that Covid levels in the state remained high. This article…

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Mixed Messages

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These were two stories in VtDigger's May 18, 2022, morning news headlines email, placed next to each…

WELLSPRING: Centering Chant for Uncertain Times

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I am a composer living in Braintree. My husband and I got Covid at the beginning of March 2020, the…

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Covid ‘Common Sense’ (Poem)

CovidCommonsenseZirblis.pdf
Title chosen with apologies to Tom Paine.

First two stanzas:

I’m not afraid of Covid,
Of…

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Covid’s Gone a’ Roving (Poem)

RovingCovidZirblis.pdf
I wrote these verses over a year ago; a group of impressions ripped—as they say—from the headlines,…

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Vermont Winds Down Covid Vaccines; BA.2 Subvariant Increases

VermontWindsDownVaccines.pdf
“Most people have had plenty of opportunity to be vaccinated, and … the use of our statewide vaccine…

Vermont Relaxes Restrictions

VermontRelaxesGuidance.pdf
"Masks are no longer broadly recommended, according to the state, and guidelines around isolation…

Vermont Plans Endemic Phase, Ends School Mask Mandate

EndemicPhase.pdf
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, said on February 22 that the state's…