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Health Update: What Will It Take To Reach Vermont's 80% Vaccination Goal?

A man wearing a blue t-shirt and a light blu medical face mask draws a vaccine from a bottle into a syringe in a concrete building, at a state run vaccination clinic. He has a buzzed head and is wearing glasses.
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First Lieutenant and nurse Peter Lannon with the Vermont National Guard draws a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in April. The Scott administration is approaching its goal of having 80% of Vermonters vaccinated.

 After a major effort to make COVID-19 vaccines readily available throughout the state, the Scott administration has almost reached its goal of having 80% of eligible Vermonters vaccinated. In our weekly health update, we find out what this means for Vermont and answer your questions. Our guests are:

  • Tracy Dolan, deputy commissioner for the Vermont Department of Health
  • Lindsay Kurrle, secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Broadcast live on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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