FYI, obrajesse has this to say about the April 21st delivery date in response to my comment:

> Multiple items I’ve ordered this weekend with April 21 or later delivery dates got their dates moved up by 3+ weeks after order.

I can tell you that, as a seller, we’ve been seeing 2-3 additional days for delivery vs. normal. There’s not really a reason I can think of that delivery dates would suddenly get delayed by an additional 3-4 weeks. Delivery times should degrade gradually as demand ramps up. My personal hunch is that Amazon is setting expectations super low (or there’s a big!).

There is definitely some expectation setting going on. I ordered an item Saturday that it said would arrive Thursday. I received notification last night it would arrive today (Monday).

I am, however, of the mind that some China reliant items might be sometime (from any supplier, not just Amazon). It now seems impossible to find a bread maker for instance in the UK and there is no company seemingly expecting any stock anytime soon.

Happily, you don't need a bread maker to make bread! There are lots of recipes online that just require hand kneading, an oven, and a pan.

(I know this doesn't address your larger point, but maybe it helps you make bread without a bread maker, so I feel like it's worth mentioning anyway.)

Here in the US, bread machines often end up on the shelves on second hand stores like Goodwill and Savers. Certainly, it involves going to a store to purchase one (and relies on said store being open), but it is an option.

My wife ordered a monitor since she is now wfh indefinitely and only has a small macbook- It originally said April 21st but showed up on our door about 2-3 days later like our other shipments do. Its possible that they may have reclassified a monitor to the "essential" category but my feeling was that they are bluffing a bit- or maybe just trying to under promise, but in reality things are arriving in typical timeframes.