Sounds like a bunch of munchies to me. "Thyroid issues" are usually what rather portly women blame for their size, rather than considering the fact that perhaps the real problem is that they shove too much food in their face. Of course thyroid issues do exist, but if I had a nickel for every fat girl talking about "thyroid issues" while she was getting up to fetch a third helping of cheesecake, I'd probably be able to buy a pack of smokes. I think "thyroid issues" might be becoming the new "anxiety" for these folks. People who attention whore with their various [real or imagined] ailments are the worst. Most usually "curvy, full-figured" women who don't understand cause and effect. My medical advice to them is to stop ordering pizza all the time and take a walk once in awhile.
That much said, I do know plenty of people who are putting off seeing the doc because they figure a hospital waiting room is going to be ground zero for the virus, and I can imagine there's been more than a few deaths caused by people not seeking treatment or waiting too long to seek treatment due to COVID hysteria. Nobody wants to discuss the suicides, either. The reaction/cure is almost certainly worse than the illness at this point when you factor in all of that plus the sheer amount of general human misery being generated, the economic damage is the elephant in the room and it seems likely to me we haven't even begun to see the worst of that yet.
TL;DR - shit's fucked and Munchausen's syndrome is annoying.