The UK death rate for flu each year is much lower than that; England alone is well under 20,000 a year on average. The worldwide figure is obviously much higher and COVID-19 is nowhere near that at this stage, depending on how it develops over the coming months. I personally feel our Government (I'm in the UK) dragged its feet in the early stages, however the action taken since appears to have been widely accepted for the most part, people obviously concerned for the economy and our health service which is under immense strain and was before this anyway.