I agree that the seriousness of the pandemic is being hyped in the news media.
Would you agree that it’s not just the media who are exaggerating the seriousness of the pandemic? The media aren’t making up the figures, they are reporting them. Ioannidis specifically calls attention to the World Health Organisation releasing a fatality rate of 3.4% when he suggests an estimate of 0.05 – 1,0% would be “more reasonable.”