Thread by @Karynregal

.@MassGovernor is testifying now before this committee. @wbznewsradio #mapoli

https://twitter.com/Karynregal/status/1374394652959277057

#charliebaker opens with touting the Commonwealth's hitting the one-million-people vaccinated milestone.

"We did learn through various media reports the committee was particularly interested in mass vaccination sites." says @MassGovernor. Did no one ask each other what they were interested in?

.@MassGovernor says 'that's not true,' regarding stories about local boards of health not getting #COVID19Vaccine.

.@MassGovernor 'that's not also not true" when it comes to some parts of the state not being as well served as other parts of the state.

.@CindyFriedmanMA uses the word 'odious' to describe some of @MassGovernor's comments, specifically those related to local boards of health and reachouts to black and brown communities. @wbznewsradio

She also doesn't like the 'media' comments. "We didn't leak anything to the media,' she says.

"What we're getting from you is "you're all wrong," @CindyFriedmanMA says.

"We're not making this up," she says.

"We're living in two different worlds," says @CindyFriedmanMA to @MassGovernor. In this virtual hearing, I cannot see @MassGovernor's reaction. #mapoli

.@MassGovernor is asked about his opening pace, and says he thinks he's struck the 'right balance' in opening.

.@JohnCronin_MA asks why the state's #covid19 plans differ so much from #h1n1.

.@MassGovernor explains #covid19 is a 180 from what used to be called the #swineflu.

Cronin says, the point is there was a public health infrastructure in place, and your administration decided to replace the wheel. Was that the correct choice?

A very #charliebaker answer: "Well, yeah." #mapoli

.@JulianCyr asks about the state's old vaccination/pandemic plan. @MassGovernor holds up what he says is the Senate plan for such a thing, and says so much has changed since that was assembled.

.@JulianCyr says he has no idea what this Senate Report is, and neither do his colleges with whom he's texting.

There's a move to take that conversation offline.

Question again -- about local BOH not getting vaccine, about marginalized communities. @MassGovernor says "I talked to @marty_walsh, when he was mayor, every day. I talked to @danrivera01843, every day, when he was mayor (of Lawrence.)

.@MassGovernor says he understands there is more work to do in minority communities.

And @MassGovernor is done. Questions largely focused on why #charliebaker went with mass vax sites, and what will be next. Coverage on @wbznewsradio