If I'm being honest, whether it's logical or not I wouldn't be surprised if this is politics and misinformation starting to creep it's way into science. In current events there's a struggle to open up the economy with Trump saying we're ready and the that governors are at fault for keeping everything closed while the are governors saying it's way too early and they need to keep everything closed. This may be an attempt to make the public think the situation is safer than it is (if more people have been sick than thought then we could potentially have herd immunity or be closer to it) which the public can then put pressure on the governors.

Who knows, but I will say it's getting harder and harder to say some thing are too tin foil hat lately.