While I take the ongoing virus situation seriously, I have a reason to believe, that those are exaggerating, who state, that the virus turned literally everything upside down.
Before it, I had a black Alan like the one in the back, and not a single one of the rest. Went to check if anything changed and NO. With or without pandemics, I don't think this will change in the near future (and not only because we need 2 brakes here in Germany)