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Call-In: Coping During COVID-19

Vermont Public | By Bob Kinzel,

Published December 3, 2020 at 8:48 AM EST

Hearts taped to window with messages like "thank you health care workers" and "hope". — In August, paper hearts hung in the window at Emersons Furniture in Brattleboro offer words of hope and friendly reminders.

State officials say Vermont is at a tipping point in terms of controlling the spread of COVID-19. This hour, VPR's Bob Kinzel and Mitch Wertlieb explore some of the ways we are coping during these challenging times.

Broadcast live on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Bob Kinzel

Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 — longer than any continuously serving member of the Legislature. With his wealth of institutional knowledge, he answers your questions on our series, "Ask Bob."

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Lydia Brown

Lydia worked for Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS from 2019 until 2022.

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