That would make a lot of sense and would square the circle Ive been struggling with (and which causes me to swing from calmness to panic at 30 minute intervals) which is how on the one hand the deaths outnumber those caused by flu but not exponentially, on the other hand we're seeing pictures of field hospitals and makeshift morgues in a developed European country much like ours.
I really hope (for our sakes) that is the explanation, anyway.