Sun, 01/10/2021 - 6:08am -- tim by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine For everyone, 2020 is the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is usually a defining story every year. But never one like this one. Terms like “unprecedented times” and “star 6 to unmute” have become so familiar they’re even used as punchlines. In fact either of the top two stories this year would qualify as the biggest story in the nearly 50-year history of Vermont Business Magazine. COVID-19 Pandemic The novel coronavirus was certainly on the horizon as the new year broke in 2020. And while the threat of a global pandemic that would kill millions had been much in the news over the last decade, few people expected this; certainly, we did not.