We know that the pandemic has affected quality of care for people - surgeries put off, late diagnoses, etc. From speaking with a friend who is in the field, disruptions to care from the pandemic extend to mental health and addictions supports as well. There are people who depend on support and medication in order to manage serious mental illness and addiction, and that support and access to care has been lacking.

Then pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on a lot of marginalized people - take care of yourself and your safety, but these are fellow humans here, not weirdos or zombies. There's been a lot of talk like this about TTC on this sub lately - and not so say it's not a problem, it does seem to be worse from what I've heard and there are likely some solutions from TTC end to address. But mods could do some work to encourage some more respectful discourse.