Instead of being passive aggressive with this psuedo-scoratic bullshit, why don't you just say outright what you mean? You're talking about covid.

A global pandemic is a shitty excuse for these hyper-local phenomena. It's not covid; it's the voting public of San Francisco (and two or three other west coast cities) and the disastrous politicians they elect.

The crime spike @Justin_K alluded to was national, not hyper-local.

https://www.vox.com/22344713/murder-violent-crime-spike-surg...