https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
3.1 million covid-19 deaths worldwide from the end of 2019 up till the end of April 2021. Compared to cancer striking down 9.5 million people a year. I think we can safely say the covid-19 pandemic caused one of the biggest government overreactions mainly due to panic among boomers that the grim reaper was mostly targetting them.