During an event to encourage youth vaccination in Roxbury Friday, Baker defended his administration’s decision to issue statewide recommendations instead of repeating the CDC’s county-specific approach, saying he think it is “simpler” and “more straightforward.”

“Part of the reason why we believe we should do statewide guidance is, what if you live in one county, work in another?” Baker said. “What if you work in one county, live in another? What if you decide to go [on] vacation or out to dinner in one county and live in another?”

Read the entire article as it originally appeared in The Boston Globe here.