There's definitely some truth to that joke. Though it must be said that global lockdowns could end up doubling world poverty, according to the WHO. So by tryi

There's definitely some truth to that joke. Though it must be said that global lockdowns could end up doubling world poverty, according to the WHO. So by trying to mitigate the virus through global lockdowns, we may have inadvertently doubled the size of the most at risk demographic group (aside from the very elderly).