John P.A. Ioannidis is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, and (by courtesy) of Biomedical Data Science, Statistics, and Co-Director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at the University of Stanford (METRICS). USA.
Prof. Ioannidis is one of the 10 currently most cited scientists across all disciplines (current citation rate above 6000 per month) and has a h-index of 213. He published extensively on the COVID-19 pandemic and is hosted by Prof. Manuel Schabus of the doctoral college IM & Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNS).
This is THE expert. Read his full bio here.
Here he presents his analysis of the covid-19 pandemic.
His conclusions - lots of inaccuracies. The virus was not that dangerous. Many mistakes have been made and the political responses taken will claim more lives than the virus itself.
Below is a 30 minute excerpt:
Below is the full 2 hour presentation: