Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont
In March 2020, the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus prompted Vermont state officials to order a two-week lockdown to attempt to slow the spread of the illness. It was the start of a years-long response to the global Covid-19 pandemic that upended the world.

Vermont’s response to the pandemic was widely recognized, and realizing the historic significance of the outbreak, the Vermont Historical Society launched a project to document its impact. By collecting more than a hundred oral histories from state officials, doctors, and citizens, the project captured the consequences and influence the pandemic had on the Green Mountain State.

Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont builds on that project. Edited by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, it compiles those oral histories into a comprehensive narrative of the pandemic in Vermont from the first lockdowns in March 2020 through the tumultuous years that followed.
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Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont
In March 2020, the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus prompted Vermont state officials to order a two-week lockdown to attempt to slow the spread of the illness. It was the start of a years-long response to the global Covid-19 pandemic that upended the world.

Vermont’s response to the pandemic was widely recognized, and realizing the historic significance of the outbreak, the Vermont Historical Society launched a project to document its impact. By collecting more than a hundred oral histories from state officials, doctors, and citizens, the project captured the consequences and influence the pandemic had on the Green Mountain State.

Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont builds on that project. Edited by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, it compiles those oral histories into a comprehensive narrative of the pandemic in Vermont from the first lockdowns in March 2020 through the tumultuous years that followed.
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Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont

Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont

by Garrett M. Graff (Editor)
Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont

Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont

by Garrett M. Graff (Editor)

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Overview

In March 2020, the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus prompted Vermont state officials to order a two-week lockdown to attempt to slow the spread of the illness. It was the start of a years-long response to the global Covid-19 pandemic that upended the world.

Vermont’s response to the pandemic was widely recognized, and realizing the historic significance of the outbreak, the Vermont Historical Society launched a project to document its impact. By collecting more than a hundred oral histories from state officials, doctors, and citizens, the project captured the consequences and influence the pandemic had on the Green Mountain State.

Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of Covid-19 in Vermont builds on that project. Edited by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, it compiles those oral histories into a comprehensive narrative of the pandemic in Vermont from the first lockdowns in March 2020 through the tumultuous years that followed.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780934720830
Publisher: Vermont Historical Society
Publication date: 03/19/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Garrett M. Graff has spent two decades covering politics, technology, and national security. Today, he’s a columnist for the Washington Post, serves as the director of cyber initiatives at the Aspen Institute, and hosts the history podcast Long Shadow, which received a 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award. The former editor of POLITICO magazine and a longtime contributor to WIRED and CNN, he’s written for publications like Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Foreign Affairs, and authored nine books—including the #1 national bestseller The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 and the award-winning When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day. His New York Times bestseller Watergate: A New History was a finalist in 2023 for the Pulitzer Prize for History. The third generation of Vermont writers in his family, Graff graduated from Montpelier High School, was married in Barnard, and now lives in Burlington.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

COVID TIMELINE

PART I: Vermont Faces a Pandemic

1: The State Responds

2: The Legislature Responds

3: Feeding Vermont in a Pandemic

PART II: Treating Covid

4: Caring for Vermont

5: Inside Converse Home

6: Covid Positive

PART III: Covid Times

7: Small Towns

8: Faith

9: Family

10: Working During a Pandemic

11: Community

12: School

13: The Vaccines

14: How We Changed

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