It’s been over six years since the COVID-19 pandemic whipped the Commonwealth into a frenzy, closing businesses and schools statewide, forcing folks to don masks and vax up, and driving the masses to work and learn remotely.
New Bedford‘s city parks were closed, the basketball hoops removed, and police tape blocked access to swing sets and slides. Funerals and wakes were canceled, visitors were banned from nursing homes and hospitals, and local churches were ordered shut.
What a grim time it was for people, many of whom couldn’t wait to get back to normal living. Some, according to a new poll, aren’t quite as ready as others to achieve complete normalcy.
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Massachusetts Poll Reveals Strong Pushback on Office Mandates
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