Seriously? Or just being silly?
I guess you are trying to be dismissive with an old phrase that doesn't really fit the situation. What is the cure that is worse than the disease?
The article you posted talks about people feeling stress from the pandemic and feeling suicidal. Are you putting them down? It doesn't mention masks, hand washing, lockdowns, etc. so can't be dismissing that are you. What is your point?
There are currently 171,000 fatalities and counting at around 1,000 deaths per day for most of August. Could possibly be 230,000-250,000 by the time of the Presidential election.
35% of people recovered from the virus are not back to normal 3 weeks later. And many of them have symptoms 3 and 4 months later. Some are in rehab, there have been amputations, lung transplants.
And you think the cure, whatever that may be, is worse than the disease???? Really?