The Greek epidemiologist who 'misled' Donald Trump

Could it be that Stanford Professor John Ioannidis helped decide US President Donald Trump's stance on coronavirus, especially his opposition to lockdowns? Quite likely, according to news website Buzzfeed.

Buzzfeed has obtained several emails sent by Ioannidis to several scientific collaborators, including one, sent on March 28, where he says "I think our ideas have inflitrated [sic] the White House regardless," alluding to the fact that the meeting he requested with Trump never actually took place.

The 54-year-old Ioannidis, Professor in Disease Prevention at Stanford School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and, by Courtesy, of Stastistics and of Biomedical Data Science, became known worldwide 15 years ago for his meta-research (research on research) paper, titled "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False."