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

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

开云体育 | By Bob Kinzel,

Published June 9, 2021 at 10:43 AM EDT

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. — 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

Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 鈥� 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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