Recession has been happening for a lot longer then just this virus term, if we account for inflation correctly in that the unit of money is worth less as more is produced and GDP does not keep up then the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of growth or a negative GDP which is recession and thats been true a long time as FED and many other central banks such as ECB have not been able to stabilize their markets and retract QE programs.    None of this is clear just yet as QE has not ended, at some point natural effects outweight anything government can do and we will see the true extent of damage to the economy.