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Take our poll: How has 2 years of the pandemic affected you?

Mask mandates are relaxing in many places across the country, but are masks here to stay?
Mask mandates are relaxing in many places across the country, but are masks here to stay? Casey Toth (RALEIGH) NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO

It’s been two years since the first COVID-19 case was identified in Mecklenburg County, and we’ve all been through a lot. What has been the biggest effect on your life, and how have you changed? Take our poll below.

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Jodie Valade is a former Planning and Enterprise Editor at The Charlotte Observer. She has also worked at WFAE as a digital editor, and freelanced for publications such as The Athletic, The Washington Post and The New York Times. She was a longtime, award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She also worked at The Dallas Morning News covering the Dallas Mavericks — where she became Mark Cuban’s lifelong email pen pal — and at The Kansas City Star. Support my work with a digital subscription
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