8.75 million. That’s how many workers say they called in sick in early January because they had COVID symptoms or who missed work because they were caring for a COVID patient.
A Census Bureau survey finds millions more aren’t working because they’re scared that they might get or spread the viral disease, because they need to care for children or elderly relatives, or because their job has disappeared due to the pandemic.
If last year was about domestic travel, this year may be the year of the “bucket list” trip. Expedia is calling 2022 the year of the GOAT, or the “greatest of all trips.” In a survey of 12,000 travelers in 12 countries, the company found that 65% of respondents are planning to “go big” on their next trip. International destinations drawing the biggest search increases this year, compared with 2019, are Tuscany, Italy, the Bahamas, French Polynesia’s Bora Bora and the south of France.
