The Asian flu pandemic starting in 1957 killed from 1-4 million, depending who you listen to. This includes about 70,000 in a U.S. that was about 1/2 of today's population.
Ahh, yes. Fox News/Steve Hilton "logic." What do you think covid19's fatality totals would look like without the drastic measures that have been put in place in most countries? Hint: covid19 is vastly more deadly than seasonal flu. Full stop. And needless to say, the economic impact of a pandemic in the highly globalized world of 2020 is a very different animal indeed from that of the late 1950s. Heck, in Eisenhower's day many/most western countries had next to no economic relations with China at all (to cite one example of that epoch's modest level of globalization), never mind the trillions in trade flows of the present era.
Moreover, we have no idea what the final body count from the curent pandemic will be, because it's far from over. (At least in countries lacking sensible governance, such as the US, Britain, Russia, Brazil etc).
Finally, most of the economic news of late shows those countries that have done the poorest job at preventing covid deaths and bringing the pandemic under control also have the worst economic outlook. South Korea's unemployment rate is now about 5%, for instance, contrasted with about 16% in the United States. In January they were at about the same level. In other words, strong policies to fight the pandemic are not in conflict with a restoration of economic growth. Rather, they're a precondition for it. Have a nice day.