In the middle of March, Williston resident Todd Townsend was fighting off what he thought was a nasty cold. Like most builders, he continued going to work on his job site in Barre. A few of the other workers on site also had coughs. By March 22, exhaustion had set in, and less than a week later Todd was having difficulty breathing and felt like he had been hit by a truck. Todd’s doctor sent him to get tested for the coronavirus at the Champlain Valley Exposition testing site in Essex Junction. A few days later, he got the results back: Todd had tested positive for COVID-19.