“We’re Falling Into A Trap Of Sensationalism” – Stanford Professor of Medicine on COVID-19 (VIDEO)
By
Arjun Walia
Arjun Walia
In Brief
- The Facts:John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology, recently sat down with OVAL media to share his opinion on the current coronavirus outbreaks and how the media has portrayed and covered it.
- Reflect On:How much does mainstream media control our perception, thoughts, feelings, emotions and reactions to major global events?
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John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology, recently published an article entitled “A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data.“ In
the article, he also argues that there is simply not enough data to
make claims about
reported case fatality rate. He stated that rates,
“like the official 3.4% rate from the World Health Organization, cause
horror — and are meaningless.”
Below, he shares his thoughts on camera.
When it comes to the total number of
deaths as a result of COVID-19, we’ve seen models start off by
predicting millions of deaths. In the United States we’ve seen models to
from 2.2 million, to 200,000, to 100,000 all the way down to what the
models are saying now, that there will most likely be approximately
60,000 deaths in the United States alone as a result of COVID-19. This
fatality rate is on par with the seasonal flu, give or take a few years,
and no, this does not mean that I’m comparing the new coronavirus with
the flu. But as far as the total number of deaths resulting from the
disease, in that sense, it seems that it’s not going to be too different
from the flu.
The question that many experts within
the field are asking, will the measures that’ve been taken by
governments have greater consequences than the new coronavirus itself?
Are the current lockdown measures at all justified? Can they be
justified? Why aren’t we taking similar measures for other coronaviruses
that’ve been in circulation for decades, viruses that also infect
millions of people every year and have a high fatality rate?
There are many questions to ask, and
there is nothing wrong with asking questions. Ioannidis was joined by
some of his Stanford faculty asking whether this virus was going to be
as serious as the media was and is making it out to be. Dr. Eran
Bendavid and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, two professors of medicine at
Stanford University recently published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Is the coronavirus as deadly as they say?”
As time goes on, it’s turning out that their opinion seems to be coming true.
Below is a clip of Ioannidis, on camera,
explaining his cause for concern. In it, he touches on his belief that
what we are seeing from the media right now is nothing short of
sensationalism. He’s one of many experts in the field to share these
thoughts. I’ve focused on him, as well as Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, a
specialist in microbiology and one of the most cited research scientists
in German history, who recently referred to the shutdown measures as
“draconian” and unjustified. You can watch a video of him stating his
opinion, here.
The below clip comes from OVAL Media
Group founder Robert Cibis, a director, producer and distributor of
documentary and theatrical films. He is currently putting together an
investigative 90 minute documentary on the coronavirus and its media
influence. This is a crowd funded campaign, and you can learn more about
it, and contribute if you desire to do so, here.
There is a lot to talk about when it comes to COVID-19
When it comes to the new coronavirus,
there’s a lot to talk about from science, treatment and politics and our
response to it. This topic is ever evolving, it’s deep, and as always
with major global events, there are some narratives that are simply
being ignored and not really being given any air-time. I didn’t want to
go into it too deep with this article, and simply wanted to present the
video and let Ioannidis share his opinion without my commentary. That
being said, below you can find some of our most recent articles on the
new coronavirus if you’re interested in diving down the rabbit hole:
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