Even with the lies the death toll is actually rather insignificant. If we reach the US projection of 61000k by Aug 4 that means .019% of the population will have died from the virus. It will suck to be one of those .019% or a member of their family, but do we really need to shut down the whole country to save .019% of the population? We do not live in a zero risk world.
Relevant to the article and perspective:
Based upon Table 31a : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State - 2015 then 153,623 died that year which translates into 420,88,5 deaths per day.
As for New York city, with a figure of one death every 9.1 minutes (2015) per Population Facts then that translates into,
9.1 minute x 60.00 minutes = 546.00 hour x 24.00 =13,104.00 a day x 365.00 = 4,782,960.00 a year for New York city.
Relevant to this and for perspective, about 7,200 Americans die every day in the US from a wide range of causes, both natural and unnatural. (https://www.weisspaarz.com/leading-causes-death-by-state/)
About 90 people die each day in the US from crashes (https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/motor-vehicle-safety/index.html) According to CDC statistics, there were 40,231 deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents in 2017. (Death index: Top 59 ways Americans die)
CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010. (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html)