Well I for one am presuming they can get it fixed within a few days, or if not, reasonably fast to extend (or restart, or whatever way you want to phrase it) the bounty event. The bottom line is, there are many people who were waiting for this event precisely, and are hoping for this event precisely to be made available again right after the fix instead of just extending double xp, which is unrelated to this event. I don't see what is selfish about it, considering it's the bounty event having issues, not double xp event, lol. It is a reasonable wish.
And what does "what is happening in the world" have to do with this particular problem, anyway? If you are referring to devs (so I assume) working from home and that slowing things down, umm, yeah? Let them take the time they need, we understand... again, all we ask is that we get the bounty event back after they have been able to fix it, instead of waiting several weeks...