The Deeper Dig

The Deeper Dig


'Brave Little State' looks for lessons from Fletcher

January 22, 2021

Back in May 2020, we traveled to Fletcher, a Franklin County town that dodged the 1918 flu pandemic, to see if it held clues for keeping out Covid-19. This month, Vermont Public Radio's 'Brave Little State' podcast took a listener question about how the town is faring now, about ten months into the pandemic. They invited us on to talk about what we learned from our reporting — and found that the town hasn't exactly stayed Covid-free.


Here's the full episode from Brave Little State.