Keep on Trucking?

I quick reminder of how dependent we have become on truck deliveries. Within 24 hours, I have had the date of my seasonal influenza vaccination put back by more than a month. Concomitantly, I read that Welsh Water will be allowed to discharge effluent that has not be fully treated (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/government-ease-sewage-discharge-rules-amid-chemical-shortage). Question: What do both these items have in common? Answer: A shortage of lorry drivers. The vaccines cannot be delivered to the surgery on time as there is nobody to drive them there. The water companies may run short of deliveries of ferric sulphate. This chemical is normally added to effluent to curb algal growth stimulated by the organically-enriched discharge. It's amazing how quickly something as simple as a lack of transport, changes our interconnected lives and even our environmental protections.