Pip failing ? need to update python3 file cyrpto.py?

I just had pip3 randomly and completely fail. It seems to be having a problem with the OpenSSL stuff and mentions an error in the crypto.py file. When I google it, I end up at stack overflow

They recommend I try to update the python file crypto.py and comment out the offending line and upgrade the pip packages…

pip install pip --upgrade
pip install pyopenssl --upgrade

But I don’t have root on this system? Not sure how i get it from Lambda ? But is this really the fix?

Can’t imagine what happened to pip? It all seems strange and fishy

thanks
john