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Former library director Sharon Ellingwood-​White discusses policy changes made at the Alice M. Ward Memorial Library in Canann, Vermont, during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes how the library's offerings were adjusted to incorporate curbside…

Peggy Dunphy and her sister, Paula J. Eaton, discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their family and work. Dunphy describes both their father's death from COVID after traveling to Arizona and the closure and reopening of her hair salon in…

Emily Demers discusses her experiences as a student at St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes the impact of the pandemic on her junior and senior years of high school as well as on the process of…

Kellie DeCicco discusses her experiences working at the Converse Home in Burlington, Vermont, during the COVID-19 pandemic. She contracted what she believed was COVID at the very beginning of the pandemic and exhibited signs of long COVID before the…

Helen Reid discusses her experiences as acting director of the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, they updated their surge plan and shifted from being a surveillance laboratory to acting as Vermont's only…

Monica Raymond discusses her work as an infection preventionist during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes preparations in the Infection Prevention Department at the University of Vermont Medical Center prior to the first COVID case in Vermont,…

Mike Pieciak discusses his expanded role in Vermont Governor Phil Scott's administration after the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. He explains how he and his team at the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) examined COVID's impacts on businesses…

Erin Petenko recounts her initial experience quarantining following an exposure to COVID-19 at the IRE conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in early March 2020. She luckily did not become ill from the exposure and describes pivoting her work at…

Nicole "Nicky" Patterson discusses in detail the logistical changes made at St. Albans Town Education Center (SATEC) throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes their transitions to fully remote learning and hybrid learning as well…

Michele and John Pagan discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives in East Dorset, Vermont. They describe changing their routines due to John Pagan's comprised health as well as their experiences surrounding his mother's…

Nina Neptune discusses her experiences as a high school senior at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vermont, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also talks about her work as a nutrition aide and a cook at a nursing home at…

Jennifer Mihok discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Church of Underhill, in Underhill, Vermont. She explains how they adapted their decision-making processes to comply with COVID guidelines and describes shifting church…