Governor Baker 'Has To Be More Strict,' Says Sue O'Connell

Virus Outbreak Massachusetts — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that a state of emergency would go into effect during an update on coronavirus preparedness and planning at the Statehouse in Boston, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Hannah Uebele is a producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and previously worked as associate producer for Boston Public Radio. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in English and Environmental Studies. She's a proud Delawarean but has found herself saying "wicked" more and more often, so the Bostonian metamorphosis is well underway.Contact: hannah_uebele@wgbh.org

March 23, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

Political commentator Sue O'Connell joined Boston Public Radio on Monday to speak about Governor Charlie Baker's handle on mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus in Massachusetts.

"The problem that Charlie Baker has is that he actually thinks he's going to put out logical statistical information and that people are going to respond to it in the way that they should," she said. "You have to acknowledge what people are going to try and do, because we all have these people in our families who are going to break social distancing rules, and I think the Governor has to be more strict."