Pointless number

Are we really supposed to be impressed by the news that 120,000 people have died of, or with, the Chinese plague.
    It just seems to be a perverse attempt to make Britain either a megavictim or a place where ‘the vulnerable’ are likely to live to an age where they become ready victims to a deadly virus.
    And what about all the people who were run over by a bus, and the like, within 28 days of testing positive for the virus? No attempt to separate them from the magic number, of course.