22/n The author also makes the interesting claim that the WHO has estimated an infection rate of 10% of the world, referencing a recent news reportpic.twitter.com/yup98Ftm2Q
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33/n As one final example, the author makes this statement in the conclusion, that measures taken to halt the pandemic are essentially destroying the world The reference? His own opinion piece in the Boston Readerpic.twitter.com/yUsFmyAWEO
34/n I just checked, and Ioannidis cites himself 8 times in this paper, with 4 of those references being media or commentary articles
35/n Oh also, on another note, given the relatively few meta-studies on COVID-19 IFR, it appears that the authors that Ioannidis here describes as "inexperienced" and "overtly wrong" are me and @LeaMerone
Academic civility!pic.twitter.com/CRV0VElQfh
36/n I should also note - some people have pointed out that the actual numbers in this review are almost certainly inaccurate (e.g. 1.5 mil COVID-19 deaths over 5 years is probably impossible) but I have not focused on the numbers themselves...
37/n ...thing is, the numbers are largely a result of the assumptions. If you extrapolate out an assumed incorrectly low death rate then you'll find the numbers are low Therefore, I focused on the assumptions, because the numbers themselves are just a consequence of these
38/n That being said, it is absolutely worth pointing out that some of these figures that the paper has postulated as reasonable are extraordinarily unlikely and show how the errors have caused a misleading result (remember, this is globally over 5 years!)pic.twitter.com/GoFDd6x2Rn
39/n Also, because a lot of people seem confused about this point - here is why it is nonsense to suggest that because people may have had a comorbidity that COVID-19 didn't kill themhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/covid-19-deaths-are-mostly-caused-by-coronavirus-2a6d2d43bd09 …
Other than that though, it's a great paper 
FFS.... why do we keep scientists on a pedestal??? When do they deserve to be taken down? The second, the third time they spout BS??? I see that in many scientific fields. Why are people scared ? Why should we offer civility when they do not ??
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