The problems of this person have become one giant snowball
You know how when you ask a classmate if they have finished their homework yet and say no, it simply gives you a sense of relief knowing you are both in the same doomed boat? That is just how some people feel regarding the pandemic.
Before the pandemic began, everyone was very much in their own mindset but now it has strangely trapped us all in the same trouble bubble, and we will not be able to get out unless everyone can. We are all in this together. For better or for worst.