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Poll result: Mixed response to possible return of face masks in public

Almost 40 per cent of readers who answered the poll have been wearing face masks in public all along
Face mask

Richmond News polled 278 Richmond News readers and asked the question: How do you feel about the possibility of having to wear a face mask in public again?

The poll ran from 1/9/2023 to 1/13/2023. Of the 278 votes, we can determine that 93 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Nope, not doing it 11.83 % local, 13.67 % total    
I guess I'll do it if we are told to 21.51 % local, 21.94 % total    
Not sure 1.08 % local, 1.80 % total    
We should still be doing it 23.66 % local, 22.66 % total    
I've been doing it all along 41.94 % local, 39.93 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Richmond. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 5.87%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.