Death is not and should not be judged purely based on some headcount, but in relation to the degree to which it was preventable, and the errors that were made to achieve exactly that. And on that front Covid may very well be the worst, most easily preventable pandemic mass death in this century.

The sheer incompetence, misinformation, petty squabbling within and between countries is going to make it to the history books. Disruption to business won't even be a footnote.