But if it leads to the collapse of monetary systems, the collapse of civil society, looting, rioting, the rise of nationalism, and WWIII that's most certainly going to lead more death and destruction than the virus itself.
It will cost us dearly but I wouldn't say it's going to lead to rioting and WW3. If anything, this is a global problem for which we need global solutions and not fucking nationalism merely 100 years after it already screwed our societies.
Let's hope that China will enforce prohibition of wild animal trade/use as much as possible. It's not in the CCPs interest to let that kind of instability rain down on it.