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No, not stupid. It's one scenario, but the time span is absent: do we reach 0.7 in three years or three months? At the current rate probably the latter, which might increase the 0.01 as well, because of a certain overwhelming of the health care system in the US (e.g. a young boy in California has not been treated because he could not pay, so he died).

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If you're talking about the case I think you're talking about,

""" However, Los Angeles’ County Department of Public Health later said the teen’s death was taken off a list of deaths associated with Covid-19 in the area. The department said the CDC would complete an investigation into the teen’s death. It remained unclear what symptoms he may have been experiencing prior to his death. """

The 17yo fatality that Gavin Newsom mentioned in a news report was also later reclassified as not CV related.

The late 21yo patient in the UK was never tested for CV.

The media do not have a great track record here.

"can't pay" is not overwhelming the system, that's overwhelming greed.

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