As others have stated, there is an element of hindsight in some of the points regarding cause and effect - the CoV-SARS-2 and the downturn.

You undermine the other elements in the excellent article.

Maybe we were already starting to witness a downturn toward recession? Come across to the UK and add in the exit from the European Union atop popularist politics and more wealth accumulation, then we start to 'see' the other reasons why this recession was waiting to happen - just needed further pressures on the triggers.