I wonder if this is why I saw Displayport to HDMI adapters this morning in the "Health and Household" category on Amazon over the past couple of days, or if those have always been there and been mislabeled.
Interesting. I hadn't noticed that, although last week I did order a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter that is slated to arrive this week and is on the low end of "essential" for my new work-from-home life.
Possibly. There is lots of category abuse going on right now. I’m primarily aware of masks, hand sanitizer, etc. being listed under other categories (Amazon put a moratorium on new listings for the sold out product categories; this would be a way to avoid that). But it would not surprise me at all if some seller is listing non-essential products in essential categories so that they’re able to send in replenishment shipments.