Could be! I was a kid and not living in the US & there was a massively gloomy feeling at that time on the other side of the world where I was when he was taken out by Poppy's boys!
They can't go back to Africa, they have no clue of the A-Fricken-Way! Theyre all Too White to fit in!
Seeing as a "wild" coronavirus causes a headcold, its more like the CCP-Snotties with extra Xi!