The virus still hasn't been isolated. There still isn't a real test for it. The current tests give positives on anything you use them on, fruits, tap water, etc.

So there is no proof that the virus is anything but a different strain of flu.

You might as well say they died of a cold. A lot of people died because of the mistreatment in the hospital. Ventilators killed a lot, and their drug of choice killed too.