whined and whimpered about not having great data. I totally agree with you that the gist of his article seemed to be arguing that this pandemic might be less severe than advertised, but it's very telling that he specifically did not make any actual recommendations about anything.

For a guy like Ioannidis who has built his career on the importance of hard science and taking action based on strong data, he sure wimped out on the COVID-19 response.

In science, if you have something important to say, then say it, and support it with evidence. Don't be wishy-washy about. Ioannidis knows that just as much as anyone. And yet, the fact that you have to *guess* at what his recommendations *might* be tells us quite a bit about the strength of his article, would you not agree?