That seems self-evident, and unnecessary to state. There is no insight there whatsoever.
Secondly, Covid-19 is more analogous to influenza than smallpox. It will not be eradicated like smallpox, regardless of international cooperation.
That's what I think of the passage you posted.
Then you asked, "what exactly do the numbers you put down mean to you?...I could guess, but I want to be in tune with your concerns." I don't have concerns, as much as I have observations. Not sure what you want to know when you ask "what exactly do the numbers...mean to [me]." People live, and people die...and those numbers will be used for political gain either way. We can diminish the number who die, but getting to zero is like approaching the speed of light: it gets more difficult to get to your goal the closer you get to your goal. Thus, some will die. So, you are left with how much effort does society want to expend, and therefore, how many deaths is society willing to tolerate. We can, for example, create a transportation system that eliminates automobile accidents. The only question is whether we want to change our lifestyles to allow that--once that system is described, almost everyone would say, "Oh hell no; I'm not living like that." We can try to prevent pandemics altogether, but is it worth it? Importantly, that is not a scientific question, and it can't be answered by scientists or doctors. It must be answered by (in our case) elected officials (and in China's case, by the Party).