i wonder whether by triggering (not causing) correction earlier than later the virus actually softened the otherwise much stronger crash which would have anywa

i wonder whether by triggering (not causing) correction earlier than later the virus actually softened the otherwise much stronger crash which would have anyway happened sometime later due to all that overpumping/overinflating of the economy with the cheap money during the recent years (resulting in particular from the low rates amplified by the tax cuts).