Coronavirus is a cold?
How many people die from a cold?
Coronavirus has disappeared because it is summer? The original article was published in early June and maybe written in late May?
May/June was a temporary lull. As of the first week of July cases are increasing again.
I really wish Professors Emeritus who have long been out of the game would stop pontificating and use their positions as they were intended to be used: advertising for the university.