Yep, any news stories that align with 'back to normal' narratives make the news or get coverage.

School districts short of labor and closing for days on

strange schedules, record c-19 infection rates in some states, missing people in the economy (medical providers) everywhere, they remain missing.

Obviously people will pretend these are non-existent problems until something bad happens to them, but that's bad news, low probability that dirty laundry will make the news.