Whilst I agree with all of what you say Rooster_Ties I still think whether the intention behind the comment was darkly humourous, ironic, glib or sarcastic (and I'm only guessing obviously) it was at least insensitive and at worst, I shan't go there. Those figures in John's original post are human deaths, families and friends affected.
Call me censorious but I still think in these difficult times some accounting for others is needed and most of the dark humour I've enjoyed has done this well.
I'm going to leave it that on this subject, I think, as It's not really for me to understand other's motivations or thought processes and online is a notorious medium for misinterpretation which is what I hope I've done in the first instance.