Quoted from Aurich:

There are four things going on right now to be aware of:

3) Sorry to bring politics into it, but person who was put in charge of the USPS actively undermined it. Won't get into why or try and derail things, just a fact that equipment and hours and deliveries were slashed, and that's not helping

Quoted from Aurich:

It's not remotely that simple, no, but I'm gonna just leave it at that and people can do their own research if they care because it's impossible to talk about it without getting into politics, and I don't want to do that here. I only mentioned it because it's a part of the puzzle if you really want to understand what's going on.
For most people I think it's sufficient to say "they're busier than ever before during a tough time".

Quoted from EJS:

No. People die every day from covid and otherwise. People die of alcohol poisoning, DWI crashes and other alcohol related incidents every night but I’ll still have a beer on a Saturday night.
Unfortunately this year it seems we’ve been shamed into feeling guilty that suffering and death is a fact of life. Been that way forever but now we’ve turned each other against ourselves over it.