Vermont’s Largest City Threatening Hefty Fines for Violating Stay-At-Home Order

Police in Burlington, Vermont are threatening to issue civil fines for defying the state governor's stay-at-home order.

Fines start at $100, go to $250 for a second offense, and top off at $500.

Coronavirus or Not, We Need A Return To Sanity
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Coronavirus or Not, We Need A Return To Sanity

Tom Mountain

Ben Franklin was a teen when the plague struck Boston. His mother, having endured the plague several times before, was keen to the fact that the first remedy against this recurrent illness was not to panic. Many would get sick, for sure, but not most. Some would die, but by 18th century standards it was expected, even accepted. This too would pass, almost as quickly as it arrived.

And life would go on as before.

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