As pandemic restrictions draw to a close, a joy and relief tinged with fear
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In Roxbury, Richard Nichols said he believes it s time for Governor Charlie Baker to lift the restrictions. âPeople will start being able to live like normal people,â he said. âItâs time to start living again.âJessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
It was a moment that remained out of reach for more than a year, through the emergency shutdown last spring, the deadly outbreaks and waves of grief, through the second surge and long winter, through the desperate scramble for vaccines.
Just days after federal health officials said people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus could shed their masks in most indoor settings, Governor Charlie Baker announced that nearly all pandemic restrictions in Massachusetts would be lifted on Memorial Day weekend, two months ahead of schedule.