My buddy is a residential contractor and he told me recently that house he is building now was greenlighted in 2021 but due to supply issues they have been delayed. He has not got a new contract in two months and not looking good at all for next year.
When I was a kid in michigan my grandparents drug me to a time share presentation that took FOREVER. We walked out of there with a box of frozen steaks that if held up to light you could see right through them.
I was just reading what some scientist credit Pandemic 'immunity gap as a major side effect from keeping kids home the last few years. We need to get sick I guess.
My wife is an ICU nurse at a large hospital network. 15k employees and they dropped their mask requirements last month. Like GG said, the threat of hospitalization to most of the population is very minimal now.