The headline accurately reflects the content of the letter:
> ... We project roughly 56 present of our population - 25.5 million people -- will be infected with the virus over an eight week period.
There is no qualification to that statement.
> ... We project roughly 56 present of our population - 25.5 million people -- will be infected with the virus over an eight week period.
There is no qualification to that statement.
We have outside knowledge with respect to the letter that changes how we understand that number, but it has been rhetorically used in the letter just as it is quoted in the title.
Often times things are sensationalist, or out of context, this is not one of those situations.
It’s reflective of the actual content of the letter.