Massachusetts oversight hearing on COVID vaccine rollout starts Thursday morning with Gov. Charlie Baker
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the first to testify Thursday morning in a hearing examining the state’s rocky COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management begins its hearing at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Republican governor testifying first. The hearing will be the first time Baker will publicly answer questions from lawmakers on vaccine distribution.
Legislators have lodged a series of questions in recent weeks about the rollout, from why the state didn’t initially launch a call center to why long lines formed at mass vaccination sites to why the website crashed after promises to improve the clunky online process.
Gov. Baker acknowledges frustration with vaccine system, blames supply and demand Share Updated: 4:27 PM EST Feb 25, 2021
Gov. Baker acknowledges frustration with vaccine system, blames supply and demand Share Updated: 4:27 PM EST Feb 25, 2021
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Show Transcript TODAY. THE FRUSTRATION COMES AS GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER FACED A PEPPERING OF QUESTIONS OVER THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. SHARMAN SACCHETTI IS LIVE AT THE STATEHOUSE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S RESPONSE DURING TODAY’S HEARING. TOD, SPARKS FLEW AT ONE POINT DURING THIS HEARING WHEN LAWMAKERS GRILLED THE GOVERNOR OVER THE WEBSITE AND WHAT THEY CALL ITS FAILURES. THEY SAY IT WAS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. LAWMAKERS ASKED THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE ROLLOUT, CONTRACTS AND WEB SITE FAILURES. THE WEB SITE CRASHED AND TODAY LAST WEEK, IT GAVE PEOPLE ASTRONOMICALLY LONG WAIT TIMES. IN A TENSE BACK AND FORTH WITH STATE SENATOR ERIC LESSER, THE GOVERNOR TOOK BLAME AND SAID HE’D APOLOGIZE FOR MISSTEPS
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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
VACCINE OVERSIGHT HEARING TODAY Top members of Gov. Charlie Baker s administration, and the governor himself, are set to testify at an oversight hearing on Beacon Hill today. State lawmakers plan to probe the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.