Except with billions of dollars poured into cures and vaccines. There are over 90 pharmaceutical companies working on a cure and vaccine, several are showing great progress (not factored into the death rate), Favilavir, Remdesivir, Actemra, REGN3048-3051, HIV Drugs, Chloroquine, blood transfusions from survivors, etc.
The mortality rate will continue to decline. If this effort was spent on the flu yearly, we could reduce the death rate by by at least a third, saving 40,000 lives a year.
A vaccine will appear next month when this bug has dried up. Whatever is left of the $50 billion will be absorbed by politicians. Big waste of money... as usual.