23/n However, as @zorinaq has pointed out, this is simply bad reporting, with the WHO arguing that LESS THAN 10% of the world is likely infected
This is, perhaps, an issue with relying on headlines in a scientific paperhttps://twitter.com/zorinaq/status/1314160523613593600?s=20 …
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34/n I just checked, and Ioannidis cites himself 8 times in this paper, with 4 of those references being media or commentary articles
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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 …
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I cite myself, therefore I am...
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Oh, please. Talk about exaggeration. This is the equivalent of claiming COVID-19 is the Spanish flu. "The world" has survived far worse. He's right to worry about the consequences of lockdowns, but be real.
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He isn't wrong. These things could happen. Or they might not. Like he said, they are unpredictable. And those bad things could happen even if COVID-19 was as lethal as the plague. Minimizing the threat of COVID-19 isn't the answer.
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