It's not just about "dying".
COVID causes increased hospitalization rates across all age groups. COVID patients who are hospitalized have proven to have much longer stays in hospitalization than others, locking up resources.
This results in hospitals being overrun... they run out of resources to treat new patients and thus have to turn people away.
It's being reported now in Texas hard hit areas, because of full hospitals, people are being turned away and have to go 50+ miles for treatment.
That is an absolute tragedy no matter the cause and nobody should be accepting of the situation. This results in people dying from all causes to jump as well.
Suddenly, someone in a car crash has no local resources for treatment. That 50+ mile trip to the hospital could mean that individual has no chance. Someone has a heart attack? Might as well drive them to the morgue instead. No chance.
Yes, if you're under 40 with no underlying conditions, you have a very good chance of survival... but you also could easily spread it to many in the large population who are more vulnerable, cause more hospitalizations which over stretch the health system more and thus make things even worse.
Two entire counties in Texas have zero available hospital capacity.
Hospitals in at least two Texas counties at full capacity amid statewide spike in coronavirus cases
But hey, this must just be all overblown.