Some new seasons of American TV shows started this week, and they all had Covid as a plot device or in the background as a real-time issue. (NCIS, Bull, NCIS New Orleans, and probably others too)

Even though we shouldn't be ignoring the seriousness of this virus, I think that fiction is where we should be able to escape those parts of reality when we are trying to relax with a moment of entertainment.
It is something that is all over the news, and in ad-breaks, and I feel that in America where the virus is so much worse (with most Americans knowing someone who has been infected or died from it), this decision was not a good idea. Either it looks like they are trying to make ratings from a current real-world tragedy, or they are not realising that people are already suffering anxiety from the virus (from catching it or the fear of catching it), to not be able to watch a prime-time fiction program that keeps reminding them about Covid.
Even I'm having trouble watching these new episodes (I switched off one of them), because of how much I see of the virus on the American news programs, which often features victims and doctors, to try to encourage the virus deniers that it is indeed real, and a serious virus. (one nurse that recently quit, had patients who were dying, who were adamant to their dying breath that the virus wasn't real - if catching the virus and being near death won't convince Americans to take precautions and wear masks, nothing will, because too many Republican political leaders are still telling citizens to not wear mask, to go back to work, and to do Thanksgiving-Christmas as normal - it is no wonder the worst hit states since the second wave are almost all Republican).