I do not believe your explanation is simpler. At least not without more evidence. The main reason is that all of the lockdown and curfew stuff was 2 years back

I do not believe your explanation is simpler. At least not without more evidence. The main reason is that all of the lockdown and curfew stuff was 2 years back now! Most people have just signed out of the covid discussion and are not doing any mitigation. The "psychotic episode" (your words) ended in like... mid-2021. Why is it all falling apart now? We are mid-2022. Hospitals are still a mess worldwide, because _they are all still getting a sickness that knocks people on their feet for a couple of days to a week_. People whose bodies get hit by this end up being weaker and more susceptible to other issues. Seems pretty simple!