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(Boston, MA) Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says he’s frustrated that a tight vaccine supply is preventing health care providers from vaccinating as many people against COVID-19 as they can. Baker said Saturday the state has the capacity to administer 242,000 doses of vaccine a week, but has only been receiving 103,000 to 106,000 doses a week. Baker said he’d like to be able to see the state administer as many vaccines as it can.
Some Massachusetts hospital leaders and physicians say they disagree with a plan by the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker to halt the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to hospitals and primary care offices so they can focus on mass vaccination sites. Dr. David Rosman is president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He tells the Boston Globe he fears the state chose “efficiency at the cost of equity.” He says some communities of color are more likely to trust their physicians. But state officials say they don’t have enough vaccine for hospitals and the mass vaccination sites.