Esra Danville of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom spent the last few weeks doing what he normally does: canning and pickling vegetables, butchering one of his cows, and chopping 3 large trees worth of firewood to heat his remote cabin this winter.
It wasn’t until he turned on Vermont Public Radio that he discovered the state was on lockdown again due to rising cases of Covid-19. “I didn’t know people were stilling getting that, how scary,” Danville said, adding that the last time he heard about it was when he made his biannual trip down to Lawson’s Finest Liquids in June to stock up on cases of Sip of Sunshine.
“I’ll be sure I’m extra careful and stay at least 2 miles away from any other person, just to be safe.”