There are different kinds of lies and lying. There are different levels of deception and there is sarcasm and different things we may call fiction or inaccurate but are not.
Sometimes, we use the word "LIE" incorrectly and lies can be bad but life is not that simple and life can be very complex. Sometimes, people are not being specific when they talk.
If I say 200 people died and only 197 people died, maybe I lied or maybe I was going in the right direction and maybe I was giving an example. Maybe I was talking too fast or forgot to say that I was simply estimating how many died. Say, about 200 people died. Oh, maybe I lied. Specifically, 197 people died. Regardless, in some situations, the details are maybe too trivial and what we do to fix that problem may also be the same pretty much. Life is full of mysteries. We can motivate each other and make the world a better place through the way we talk.