Ioannidis was not attacked because of his skepticism. He was attacked because of a paper with quite controversial methods, and which violated a few ethic rules:

Ioannidis was not attacked because of his skepticism. He was attacked because of a paper with quite controversial methods, and which violated a few ethic rules: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-neeleman-ioannidis-whistleblower https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-...