0.0002% of a very large number like 7 Billion is still a large number and worth worrying about. Also the number is per month.
per capita numbers are useful context but sometimes the total number is also important context that is worth worrying about. In this case a tiny percentage of a very large number results in a large enough number to cause concern.
The absolute number of cases is large, but so is the collateral damage. Both scale with the population so the trade-off doesn't depend on any absolute numbers and citing them is simply misleading.
0.0002% per month is still just 0.0024% per year. Don't forget that more than 1% of the population die each year to begin with.
per capita numbers are useful context but sometimes the total number is also important context that is worth worrying about. In this case a tiny percentage of a very large number results in a large enough number to cause concern.