This probably isn't about Covid (although Covid is still killing and disabling people). The prices that wholesalers pay for goods (Producer Price Index) went up a whole percent just last month, bringing their prices to 6% above where they were a year ago. So not all of it is price-gouging.
We already had one disastrous Trump administration. Why did you expect a second one to go any better? You elected this government with your eyes wide open.