![]() Lahey says, is that this period of separation won’t last forever. “We’re a really close family, so it’s been tough.” I miss my parents too,” says Tim Lahey, MD, MMSc, an infectious disease expert for the UVM Medical Center who has gone more than a year without a visit with his mom and dad, who live in Salt Lake City. With a nationwide surge threatening to overwhelm hospitals in some states and the country’s death toll surging past 300,000, this is a time when continued physical separation is critical, even as the holidays remind us of how long it has been since the close human interactions with family and friends that defined our before-pandemic lives. The most wonderful time of the year is likely feeling less festive for the vast majority of us in Vermont and Northern New York as we cancel or scale back our traditional holiday celebrations to slow the spread of COVID-19. ![]()
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