Baron indicated that there was no reporting during covid (because why would the media report that, given that it might undermine the covid shutdown effort), but now there is reporting under Trump during Iran conflict (because the media opposes the Iran conflict and wants Trump to give up).
I can't speak to the conditions aboard ship now, but suspect that those conditions, both during covid and now, are far better than the conditions on the carriers during their very extended deployments during WWII...probably like living in a resort compared to that.