Rutland Herald
Gov. Phil Scott and members of his administration said on Tuesday they have been contacted by other states asking about the “secret” to the Green Mountain State’s vaccine success.
Of adults eligible for vaccination, 82.4% have gotten one or both shots, as of Tuesday.
Scott said it was tough to say what was different about Vermont, but said it seemed as if some of the response “was based on politics from the very beginning.”
“I’m not sure everything we do here in Vermont would necessarily work in another state. All the pieces of the puzzle have to fit together,” he said.
Scott talked about leaders gaining the trust of the people in their community.
While Scott never mentioned the words “president” or “Trump,” he talked about the problem starting with the “previous administration” and the “hesitancy of communicating that this was a real issue.
Scott added “anti-masking” and the suggestion that “this COVID is going to be over in a couple months,” to the list.
“It just started then, and it went downhill from there. So, we didn’t have that here in this state. I owe that to the people of Vermont. It wasn’t anything that we did,” he said.