A legislative committee is likely to decide today who – if anyone – may enter the Vermont State House without a vaccine passport or PCR test.
A legislative committee is likely to decide today who – if anyone – may enter the Vermont State House without a vaccine passport or PCR test.
Signaling growing impatience with the state’s unvaccinated minority, Gov. Phil Scott praised the growing number of bars and restaurants imposing vaccine passports.
The number of Vermont cities and towns effectively opting to not impose a mask mandate now outnumber those that do by 3-1.
The state’s fiscal analyst may have reached too hard for a laugh, one lawmaker says.
The Burlington YMCA will now require a vaccine passport to anyone seeking to enter. A mom of an unvaccinated boy is furious.
The Burlington YMCA will now require a vaccine passport to anyone seeking to enter. A mom of an unvaccinated boy is furious.
Last night, six Vermont municipalities said no to a mask mandate. Three said yes. Two others required masks in municipal buildings.
The state’s largest private employer and biggest health care network has backed off the Biden plan to vaccinate 100% of its employees. But that could change.
At least six Vermont towns and cities will discuss a municipal mask mandate tonight. In Burlington, some restaurants are saying ‘no vax, no vittles.’
The number of Covid-19 cases reached 604 on Dec. 2 – an all-time record. The number followed the fifth-highest ever day of reported testing on Dec. 1.
With other democracies imposing lockdowns, compulsory vaccination, and/or forced relocation, we ask the two leaders of the Vermont Legislature how far they will go. They answered.
A Vermont hospital’s 100% employee vax program is on pause after a Trump-appointed federal judge yesterday stopped the Biden administration health care vax program.
Vermont’s biggest hospital will boost ICU beds and limit non-urgent surgeries.
Charlotte, like other towns and cities statewide, will decide whether to pass a local mask mandate.
Monoclonal antibody treatment works and the Vermont Dept. Health is trying to expand its use, Commissioner Mark Levine said today.
For the third month in a row, Covid-19 killed more fully vaccinated Vermont residents than unvaccinated.
Risk of acute heart disease went from 11% to 25% after patients received the Moderna or Pfizer MRNA vaccination.
National Guard personnel are administering pediatric vaccinations in clinics statewide.
Burlington’s proposed mask mandate exempts churches. Brattleboro’s approved ordinance doesn’t.
A naturally-immune deputy prosecutor with the Lamoille County State’s Attorney office was fired earlier this month after he refused to become vaccinated or wear a mask.
Lawmakers are unhappy with Gov. Phil Scott’s plan to put mask mandates in the hands of municipalities. And one legislator – a doctor – is worried Monday’s Special Session could become a super-spreader event.
Alison Despathy asked two pediatricians 13 questions during a lengthy public information gathering Tuesday night in St. Johnsbury. Not a single question was answered.
The public ‘conversation’ hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics about the age 5-11 vaccine was a one-sided narrative.
10 Vermont ICU hospital beds are unstaffed due to a statewide nursing shortage. Staffing pressures also may force small schools to close.
It looks like November 22 will be Mask Mandate Monday in the Vermont Legislature.
Vermont’s largest employer has agreed to follow Biden administration guidelines requiring 100% Covid-19 vaccination of all employees and volunteers. No exceptions for testing or natural immunity allowed.
The Vermont Dept. of Health reported 591 cases today – the most ever. The House Speaker demands an indoor mask mandate.
Canadians must pay $150 – $250 to test before visiting the U.S.. Sort of defeats the purpose of shopping for good deals in Vermont.
Were Vermont’s high Covid-19-positive cases among ages 5-11 last week a result of a genuine spread – or just more testing than usual?
Despite concerns raised by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Pfizer’s COVID-19 injection was approved for 5-11-year-olds.
Vermont’s aggressive vaccination program has led to reduced natural immunity , one cause of the current spike in Covid-19 cases, Commissioner Mark Levine said today.
Statistics show children almost never die from Covid-19 and are less likely to pass it on to adults than vice-versa. So why the big push for vax ages 5-11?
21 of the 37 Vermont Covid-19 deaths in October occurred among the fully vaccinated.
Health Choice Vermont will join the Worldwide Walkout in Burlington, St. J and Brattleboro today.
Just stay the course, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine recently.
Nine of the 21 October Covid-19 Vermont fatalities this month have been fully vaccinated.
Just 30 Vermonters who had Covid symptoms have recovered and then got them again. Natural immunity?
An 89% vaccination rate of eligible Vermonters hasn’t stopped the pandemic. Some lawmakers now want an indoor mask mandate, too.
Her language may be salty but Claudia Stauber of ‘Cabin Talk’ in September 2019 accurately predicted the coming pandemic and vaccine mandates.
Slightly less than half of Vermont’s October’s Covid-19 fatalities were fully vaccinated.
Patients with Covid-19 admitted to Vermont hospitals are treated with oxygen, anti-inflammatories, and (sometimes) the anti-viral drug remdesivir.
The rate of hospitalization among fully vaxxed is up nine percent. It’s down two percent among the less/non-vaxxed.
City of Burlington requires that all new hires be vaccinated – and there’s no “or weekly testing” option. You want the job? Get the jab.
Eight of 14 Covid-19 fatalities in October so far were “fully vaccinated.” No word yet on how many were unvaccinated.
Federal government pandemic dollars have come to the rescue of the Vermont child care industry. They’re also being used to cover the expected increased cost of keeping low-income Vermonters warm this winter.
Border Patrol agents last week seized two shipments of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination cards originating from China.
Vermont opponents of vax and mask mandates and/or Critical Race Theory will gather in peaceful protest this Saturday and the next.
Vermont’s vaxxed are testing positive at a higher rate than the unvaxxed. Total cases are way up in highly vaxxed Vermont while nationally they’re way down.
Vermont’s state epidemiologist insists Covid-19 vaccine immunity works better than survivor natural immunity.
The federal government – with the enthusiastic approval of Gov. Phil Scott – will spend billions buying and distributing at-home Covid self-testing testing kits given FDA Emergency Use Authorization Monday.
As of right now, no state employees are unpaid leave for failing to follow Gov. Scott’s Covid vax-or-test mandate.
The hospitalization rate for unvaxxed Covid-19 cases dropped more than twice as fast as vaxxed cases last week. However, all ICU cases were unvaxxed, state officials say.
Vermont’s vaxxers are going nuts about Chelsea Green of White River Junction publishing Dr. Joseph Mercola’s huge commercial hit titled “The Truth About Covid-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal.”
The booster shot is the same Pfizer vaccine given FDA approval in August. Just in case there was any doubt.
More than three-quarters of Vermont Covid-19 fatalities in September were vaccine ‘breakthrough’ cases.
The Border Patrol caught one potential Covid-carrying fish in Derby Line. Too bad about the 12,000 who got away in Del Rio.
“I feel like I have a gun to my head.”
Vermonters 80 and older may get Covid-19 booster shots, starting today.
No, Gov. Scott, ‘lack of time’ isn’t why tens of thousands of Vermonters haven’t gotten the jab. It’s more likely their informed instinct for self-preservation.
The FDA watches the pharmaceutical industry. The revolving door between government regulators and Big Pharma is troublesome to some vaccine hesitant Vermonters.
A woman claiming to be a UVMMC nurse told a national TV audience last night that some doctors at the Burlington hospital won’t consider a Covid-19 vaccine reaction when faced with otherwise inexplicable symptoms.
Calmly and factually, a clinical nutritionist explains why many Vermonters won’t ‘take the jab.’ Part one of a three-part series.
Nope, there weren’t 314 new cases of Covid last Thursday. Just an IT glitch.
Due to heightened national demand or government restrictions – or both – ivermectin
Vermont pharmacy won’t fill ivermectin for Covid-19
Health Commissioner Mark Levine – no fan of ivermectin – said today he’s unaware of any reported illnesses related to consumption of the anti-viral drug in Vermont.
Gov. Scott last night praised President Joe Biden’s new vaccination mandates and policies. But a social media critic wonders why, citing 18 ‘breakthrough’ Covid deaths among vaccinated Vermonters so far this year.
Another wedding at US/Canada boundary has taken place in Derby Line. The Biden administration has yet to “open up” the U.S. entry points to visitors from Canada.
States know who’s been vaccinated – and therefore, who hasn’t been, the Pew Trust reports. They’re not spilling the beans to the feds – yet.
Transcript of Chronicle’s Q&A yesterday with Gov. Phil Scott, Health Commissioner Mark Levine.
The New York Health Dept has repealed a statewide mask mandate. Vermont has no such mandate – although many lawmakers and state employees want one.
The sample size is small, but a Vermont Business Magazine reader survey shows that just over a third of responding employers now require employee vaccination.
During the last two weeks, positive Covid tests rose 30% among vaccinated Vermonters, 40% among the unvaccinated.
The Newport state prison is in Covid-19 lockdown.
It’s not sci-fi. The Chinese are working on biowarfare “specific ethnic genetic attacks.” President Biden should stop its development and deployment – if he can.
The federal office responsible for workplace safety has told employers they no longer must record or report adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccination.
The vaccination rate among UVM Medical Center workers is slightly lower than the statewide 85.7% vaccination rate.
Covid-19 vaccination of children ages 2 -11 should receive federal emergency use authorization by mid-September, Gov. Phil Scott said today.
A major Vermont news outlet drops a commentary questioning the safety of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.
“The pain my wife is going through is 10 times the pain of the leg and hand amputations combined! Someone in the room said, “This is torture!” Humanly speaking it is heartbreaking and discouraging, but in the midst of both of us crying I heard a voice saying ‘Dear, stop crying, the Lord is healing me!’ That was the voice of Jummai.”
Pressured with ‘get the jab or lose your job,’ some Vermonters are demanding their boss first answer some tough questions.
The Vermont Health Dept. now offers booster shots at community-based pop-up clinics.
‘Surging pandemic concerns’ and lack of volunteers has led to the abrupt cancellation of next month’s Colors of the Kingdom Festival.
It’s not just a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ anymore. But their disease rates are still much higher.
The mainstream media blackout continues for the tragic case of Jummai Nache of Minneapolis.
The day after a Stowe doctor said fascists are threatening vaccine resisters with job loss, the state’s largest employer mandated vaccination.
Public schools will soon offer walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics. And UVM will require everyone to wear masks indoors.
The Vermont Medical Society supports mandatory vaccination in the healthcare workplace.
As the Covid-19 virus mutates, vaccine booster shots likely will be needed to keep Vermonters out of hospitals, a leading physician says.
Vermont’s most urban, highly-vaccinated county should mask up indoors, the CDC recommended today. However, Vermont government leaders don’t agree.
A leading business organization is asking its members if they will require employee vaccination.
Vermont media have run news stories about Covid-19 skeptics in Oklahoma contracting the disease and now on respirators. But nary a word about Minneapolis missionary Jummai Nache suffered chest pains just three days after her second Pfizer vaccine shot in February. Since then she has suffered blood clots, cardiomyothapy, and amputation of both legs below the knee – with amputation of her hands to follow soon.
“Todd and I are trying to make final decisions about our children’s education, and do not want our children suffocated by masks. Masks impair communication, breathing and have adverse physiological impacts.”
The Canadian government will open its borders to vaccinated Americans who successfully apply for entry online.
Americans should be able to cross the border into Canada by mid-August – but only if fully vaccinated, Premier Justin Trudeau says. The U.S. – Canada border should open by mid-August – but only for vaccinated Americans,
The State of Vermont will not participate in President Biden’s proposed door-to-door campaign to urge vaccination in low-vaccination rate communities.
A resolution banning vaccination passports will be offered to the Vermont Republican Party state committee Saturday.
Fake vaccine passports are being sold to people who don’t want to get vaccinated but want to show a record that they have been.
There are very few true ‘vaccine skeptics’ in Vermont, Commissioner Mark Levine said. He also said vaccines are better tested and more effective than alternative therapies ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
Two colleges in the Vermont State College system will mandate Covid-19 vaccination for all students this fall.