Adding another person experiencing this issue.
Installing TF on a new box (Windows 10) and getting the same errors:
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): ...working... failed
CondaSSLError: OpenSSL appears to be unavailable on this machine. OpenSSL is required to
download and install packages.
Exception: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='conda.anaconda.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /conda-forge/win-64/current_repodata.json (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available."))