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Massachusetts Governor:  Why Is Maine Still Dissing Us Over Coronavirus?

Massachusetts Governor:  Why Is Maine Still Dissing Us Over Coronavirus?

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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he can't understand why Maine continues to include Massachusetts on its list of travel-restriction states because of coronavirus. "We have the second lowest positive test rate in the country, O.K.? And we are in the top five or six or seven – depending upon which one of these things you look at – in terms of our daily cases per capita. I think that would make us a perfectly appropriate candidate to get off the no-fly zone in Maine. But for

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he can't understand why Maine continues to include Massachusetts on its list of travel-restriction states because of coronavirus. "We have the second lowest positive test rate in the country, O.K.? And we are in the top five or six or seven – depending upon which one of these things you look at – in terms of our daily cases per capita. I think that would make us a perfectly appropriate candidate to get off the no-fly zone in Maine. But for whatever reas…