Letter to the editor: We should all do our part to fight the COVID outbreak

Editor’s note: The writer of this letter spent 35 years working as an epidemiologist in state health departments before retiring a few years ago. Health Department Director Mark Levine and Gov. Phil Scott have been doing a good job communicating about the pandemic. There is, however, something they and others have not been emphasizing enough, in my epidemiologic opinion. Avoiding group events, wearing masks when unavoidably near other people, washing hands frequently and vigorously, and so on are indeed imp … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Stay home if you are sick

Editor’s note: The writer of this letter spent 35 years working as an epidemiologist in state health departments before retiring a few years ago. Health Department Director Mark Levine and Gov. Phil Scott have been doing a good job communicating about the … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Contact tracing needed in campus COVID strategy

I am writing about COVID-19 contact tracing in the context of college opening plans. I think many people are not familiar with what a powerful tool contact tracing is, when combined with isolation of infected people and quarantine of exposed people. I spe … (read more)