the lockdowns are relaxing and the vaccine boosters are currently entirely optional.
We no longer have to wear masks and it is believed that any variant going around the country has sufficiently reduced in severity of symptoms for trips to the hospital to not be required for anyone but the infants and elderly.
some folks keep the masks on and I've kept mine close by because it's a sweet, super breathable carbon filter mask and my city of residence is an industrial one, so it's good for if I want to reduce my carbon-monoxide intake or ever take up wood working.