I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Friday, November 25th, and this is your Black Friday edition of the Morning Wire

afternoon update.

If you've been traveling for Thanksgiving this week, you know that airline travel is back

to pre-pandemic levels, but it hasn't quite hit 2019's record of 2.9 million travelers

on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

The TSA is expecting to screen 2.5 million passengers a day across US airports on the

busiest days this week.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg celebrated the numbers.

We are delighted that demand is returning, like nobody thought possible, but more and

more passengers having the income and the desire to take to the skies.

The Department of Health and Human Services is again saying that the American public should

partake in masking and social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and guard against

long COVID.

The new report sponsored by the HHS and conducted by Research Agency Co-FORMA suggested that

these policies should be either strongly encouraged or even mandated, while calling for expanded

government programs that offer financial support and benefits for COVID victims.

Rising interest rates in high home prices has led to a 30% drop in home purchases by investors

in the third quarter.

The reduction means fewer homes being built or restored for future buyers.

Home purchases by investors fell from 94,000 in the same quarter last year to 66,000 this

year.

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