No it's not. Even cursory research on respectable sites would debunk that myth https://www.kcl.ac.uk/blog-the-ten-most-dangerous-coronavirus-myths-debunked-1
I was overcome when doing my F-O-B speech, which I hadn't expected and wasn't with my mum's eulogy when I had expected to be. No rhyme nor reason. No-one seemed to mind on either occasion.
Funnily enough I did the same the other week (minus the red). Thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't have listened to it in 30 years. Did The Madcap Laughs this week