In common with most such, two tactics are used to argue for low impact:
1) Current mortality is used - ignoring the fact that the projected final death rate is why action is being taken, not the body count today.
2) The fact that death rates as only as low as they are because of the measures taken is ignored.
There is a genuine debate to be had as to the cost/ benefit of suppressing COVID is. That this article, and all other similar ones I've seen, uses sleight of hand to skew that debate, suggests that we're doing the right thing at the moment.
As we learn more about the disease and how to tackle it, we'll see.