January 11, 2023

It's Worth a Shot Weekly Blog

Once More Into the Breach: Perspectives of an Epidemiologist


Guest blog by Jenna Cebelius, MPH, HAI Program Coordinator | Health Surveillance Epidemiologist, Division of Laboratory Sciences & Infectious Disease | Vermont Department of Health


Though my heart clenches when I see the rising hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses across the nation, we know there is hope. There is precedent both in our experience these last two winters, and in pandemics before our time, if we stand together against this virus.  Read the full blog post.

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