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The @washingtonpost has a story today about John Ioannidis’ research into and statements about COVID. It does a nice job of recapping the year. Some thoughts... https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/12/16/john-ioannidis-coronavirus-lockdowns-fox-news/
This piece does a good job of frankly stating that the course of action that Ioannidis was advocating for in the spring is now widely viewed as a mistake. (Though I should add that lots of people held that view in the spring, as well.)
More new details on Stanford’s fact-finding investigation, which Stanford has repeatedly declined to release to me!
So...it’s news to me that the study’s IFR was “within the range of figures observed in other states & countries.”
This could be referring to Ioannidis' own IFR range—which, it should be noted, is deeply criticized.
And others have found much higher IFRs: https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)32180-9/fulltext
This could be referring to Ioannidis' own IFR range—which, it should be noted, is deeply criticized.
And others have found much higher IFRs: https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)32180-9/fulltext
Ioannidis “acknowledged his statements might have been exploited for political purpose.” Interesting passive voice, since the story doesn’t acknowledge that Ioannidis tried to warn Trump against lockdowns in March.
Sorry to be that person, but my story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/ioannidis-trump-white-house-coronavirus-lockdowns
Sorry to be that person, but my story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/ioannidis-trump-white-house-coronavirus-lockdowns
OK, criticisms aside, this story is overall worth a read — here's the link again: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/12/16/john-ioannidis-coronavirus-lockdowns-fox-news/
