Tue, 01/26/2021 - 5:20am -- tim by Jeff Tieman, VAHHS President and CEO However long it may seem, it was only 10 months ago that our state went into a state of emergency to protect Vermonters from a new, scary and highly contagious virus. At the onset of COVID-19, it felt like we were driving through a furious snowstorm and our windshield wipers failed. Visibility was limited and the road was winding, unknown and potentially very dangerous. Every week since has been a challenge, and this one will be no exception. The difference is now our windshield wipers are working and we can see both the road and the destination, which is a vaccinated Vermont. In fact, according to a leading COVID-19 data scientist, Youyang Gu, Vermont is the first state to vaccinate more people against COVID-19 (6%) than were infected with the virus (4.4%).