State House Roundup: Tale of two March 11s
Katie Lannan
March 11 was the first day mass vaccination site signups opened to Massachusetts teachers, the last day - before a preregistration system went live Friday - that thousands of appointments at those sites would be released all at once and swiftly snatched up in a stressful scramble, and the day President Biden said there d be enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for all American adults by the end of May.
Here in the infinite time loop that is daily life in a yearlong (so far) global pandemic, where the length of days and months can seem completely arbitrary and divorced from any traditional structure, Thursday also feels like it could have been March 11, 2020, the day President Trump restricted travel from Europe, the World Health Organization officially called it a pandemic, the NBA suspended its season and Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they d contracted the coronavirus.
The Baker-Polito administration said it would back efforts to set aside four educator-only days at local and regional vaccination sites, including Cape Cod.
Do the math : Gov. Charlie Baker s office slams teachers union for vaccine demands Share Updated: 6:04 PM EST Mar 11, 2021 Do the math : Gov. Charlie Baker s office slams teachers union for vaccine demands Share Updated: 6:04 PM EST Mar 11, 2021
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Show Transcript SAYING THAT CHARACTERIZATION IS DISHONEST. THE GOVERNOR COMING OUT SWINGING AGAINST TEACHERS UNIONS. GOV. BAKER: EVEN THE CDC SAYS THAT’S TEACHERS DO NOT NEED TO BE VACCINATED TO BE EDUCATING KIDS. SHARMAN: HE CRITICIZED THE UNIONS FOR THEIR PLANS TO VACCINATE TEACHERS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS. GOV. BAKER: I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I TAKE VACCINE AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE, WHO HAVE MULTIPLE MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65 TO GIVE IT TO A TARGETED POPULATION. SHARMAN: UNIONS RETURNING FIRE. THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION HAS REACHED A NEW HEIGHT OF DISHONESTY BY PITTING EDUCATORS AND UNIONS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY. SHARMAN: THE CRITICISM
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