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Subscribe Others called for Illinois to drop other restrictions, including mask requirements, capacity limits at bars, restaurants and other venues, and restrictions imposed by local schools. Despite the calls for restrictions to be dropped, many still said mask requirements should be kept. "Keep the mask mandate for a little while longer, but open everything up," one Patch reader wrote. In fact, asked how much longer the state should impose its mask mandate, a plurality — nearly 45 percent, ...

Replies(2) Most Patch readers said they would take the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 if offered, while others expressed concerns over side effects. (Shutterstock) VIRGINIA — A majority of Patch readers in northern Virginia said in an informal survey they would take the COVID-19 vaccine if it were offered to them. "I work with seniors and I will be getting the vaccine in a matter of weeks for their protection as well as my own," Eileen Anatra of Reston said, responding to a Neighbor Post question....