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)
