Updated on February 23, 2021 at 12:10 am
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Getting a vaccine in Massachusetts primarily relies on good faith when it comes to signing up only eligible people are supposed to get the shot right now.
“It is on the honor system,” said Dr. Kathleen Carey, a health economist at Boston University School of Public Health. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
People who qualify for the vaccine need to fill out a form when signing up for a shot declaring their eligibility, based on age or medical conditions.
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Radio Boston rundown for Feb. 23. Tiziana Dearing is our host.
This morning, Massachusetts State Rep. Jon Santiago officially entered the race to be the next mayor of Boston. He joins us to talk about why he decided to run and what he sees as the most important issues facing the city.
The Massachusetts vaccine appointment website is back up and running, but many are still bitter about it crashing last week when about a million more people became eligible for vaccination. State lawmakers on a new legislative oversight committee are preparing to ask Gov. Charlie Baker and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders about the website crash, and other issues with the state s vaccine rollout, at a public hearing on Thursday. We discuss with Northampton Democratic State Sen. Jo Comerford, who co-chairs the oversight committee.
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By State House News Service
February 22, 2021
Chris Osgood
As Boston Mayor Marty Walsh prepares to leave City Hall for the labor secretary s post in the Biden administration, Boston City Council President Kim Janey is turning to City Hall veteran Chris Osgoog to help lead her team when she becomes acting mayor.
In anticipation of becoming mayor, Janey on Friday named Osgood, who previously served as Walsh s chief of the streets, transportation and sanitation, as her chief of staff. A graduate of City Year, Haverford College and the Harvard Business School, Osgood co-founded the Mayor s Office of New Urban Mechanics and joined the city in 2006, serving as a mayoral policy advisor.