This kind of mental gymnastics just muddies the waters. My original point was that hospitalization (and/or ICU) rates are contingent on infection rates and that

This kind of mental gymnastics just muddies the waters. My original point was that hospitalization (and/or ICU) rates are contingent on infection rates and that no one has reliable (and/or accurate) infection rates. Exactly how you calculate infection rates (testing, contact tracing, self-reporting) is immaterial.