Can imagine that. It's ironic, but many people feel more comfortable framing it all in the worst scenario. Framing it that way then justifies things
like very much wider testing (much maybe to no real positive result) and travel bans. So cost to the worldwide economy, but people feel safer.
If there weren't any travel bans would there be more deaths? I don't know if we will/would ever know.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”