, I have never seen anything like this.  The latest employment report that was released on Friday is being described as a "huge disappointment" because the number of Americans that were hired last month was way, way below expectations.  Employment only rose by 235,000, but economists were expecting a number about triple that size.  Normally when this sort of thing happens it is because of a lack of available jobs.  But that is definitely not the case right now.  There are literally millions upon millions of jobs that are open, but for a variety of reasons people simply don't want them.

A lot of experts are blaming COVID for the "worker shortage", and without a doubt fear of COVID is causing some potential workers to stay home.