It is demonstrably false to claim that intubation has led to more deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this has not stopped Professor Ioannidis making the claim repeatedly
sciencebasedmedicine.org/intubations/
sciencebasedmedicine.org/intubations/
I also find the persistent myth that Prof Ioannidis promotes that death certification has lead to more Covid-19 deaths rather odd. I cannot find any basis for this in the literature he cites 
For example, in this recent paper he makes the same claim and cites two papers. One is simply a guide to death certification, and not really an assessment of errors
The second paper (reference 3) actually appears to disagree with the statement being made here - the paper identified that the primary issue with death certification was missing information, not adding incorrect information
On top of this, citation 30, which is used to support the claim that financial incentives change death figures, doesn't really make this claim - the incentive is only for healthcare workers who die from COVID-19, who represent a tiny fraction of all death certificates
Based on the literature Prof Ioannidis cites, it seems more reasonable to argue that death certification errors are likely to lead to an undercount in Covid-19 deaths, and indeed this appears to have happened in many places in the world
Oh and H/T to @JHowardBrainMD, excellent piece
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