We essentially did follow his policy and we have a sense of the impact. The Lancet estimated that about 40% of US covid deaths could have been avoided if the a

We essentially did follow his policy and we have a sense of the impact. The Lancet estimated that about 40% of US covid deaths could have been avoided if the administration had better policies. That's a bit over 400,000 deaths. That's about the same number of Americans lost during WWII. Not all of that can be directly attributed to John Ioannidis's advocacy against lockdowns, but it at least gives us a sense of how big a blunder it was.