> independent thinkers, like John Ioannidis, whose views were initially doubted. The phrasing of this makes it sound as though his views have become accepted.

> independent thinkers, like John Ioannidis, whose views were initially doubted. The phrasing of this makes it sound as though his views have become accepted. They have not, in fact the absolute shambles of a "study" he did to support his conclusions (that COVID-19 is weaker than flu, and that almost everyone has had it already) are a huge embarrassment, or ought to be, except that he works for the Hoover Institute, which is explicitly ideologically opposed to things like Public Health efforts. There is no reason to for such "science" to be anything but excoriated.