1) Most software gets its timestamps from the system clock
2) If you have a mismatch between the system time and the application time, then you just have log timestamps that don't match up; it's a nightmare - even more so around DST/ST transitions
Deaths are currently at around 2,000 PER DAY in the United States. That is not in any way, shape, or form "extremely lower" than earlier waves. The Omicron wave was equal to the initial wave in severity, and we're still not out of it.