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Baker resists calls from lawmakers, undertakers to lift funeral workers to top of vaccination list
Brad Petrishen, Telegram & Gazette
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MILLBURY - Matthew Mulhane, left, and his father Stuart Mulhane own Mulhane Home For Funerals in Millbury Thursday, January 21, 2021.
Gov. Charlie Baker is resisting calls from undertakers and dozens of lawmakers, including many in Central Massachusetts, to follow the lead of 33 other states and bump funeral directors to the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations. 
“I’m dumbfounded,” C.R. Lyons, a Danvers funeral director who serves as president of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association (MFDA), said Thursday after reviewing the Baker administration’s response to the calls.  ....

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