No. His was based around his experience with a respiratory flu like outbreak which is like Covid.
Which is more real world of decades of endemics and pandemics than a theoretical cyberwar which no one has experience in actual working day to day to stop.
Then why was there a shortage of masks in preparation for a more contagious virus? More resources are allocated from the private and public sectors to fend off a potential cyberattack than resources allocated to fend off a viral pandemic. That's undeniable.