As you say, some were going to die soon---yet it was the virus which ultimately killed almost all of them.
If those same people had died in an auto accident, would you not say they died in an auto accident?
If they had been shot by an intruder, would you not say they were shot by an intruder?
You want 'bogus'? Your cute name for the virus is, as you know, totally bogus, but I'm sure makes you somehow feel clever. If you want the correct name you can find it here:
https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/11/disease-caused-by-the-novel-coronavirus-has-name-covid-19/
Edited by MNTIGER at 19:37:08 on 05/28/20