Comedian Jon-Bernard Kairouz, who successfully predicted the number of COVID-19 cases in New South Wales for five consecutive days, predicted that 109 cases would be announced by Gladys Berijiklian on Monday – despite claiming he was cautioned not to do so by NSW Health.
Number Of Cases Tomorrow, Monday 19th Of July.
#covidnsw #sydneylockdown #TikTokGuy pic.twitter.com/uVILiHgyaY— Jon-Bernard Kairouz (@jonbernardk) July 18, 2021
Kairouz continues to deny mounting claims he has inside information, claiming he uses “simple maths” to predict the number of new cases instead.
NSW Health has reportedly commenced an investigation to determine how a possible information leak is resulting in Kairouz receiving the numbers before their official announcement to the public, which is the most likely explanation for his success.
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford called out the investigation, claiming it is a “witch hunt” to “punish” the leak.
Tik Tok guy says 109 tomorrow for NSW. You know he’ll be right.
Is this a fun distraction or a threat to public health and safety?
The witch hunt to find his leak & punish them is in full swing.
Tomorrow across Australia.— Peter Ford (@mrpford) July 18, 2021
Kairouz has revealed he received a call from NSW Health advising him it was in his “best interest” to stop revealing the numbers.
“I have received calls from NSW Health saying ‘who is your source’ and what not, and I maintain that it comes down to hard and fast maths,” he told Weekend Sunrise.
“People online have been messaging me saying ‘we know you are related to Gladys Berijiklian or have some relation to her’ and that’s just not true.
“I know we have similar facial features but I’m not Armenian.”
Kairouz went on to explain how his calculations work.
“We take into account many factors,” he said.
“Last night we took into account how many granny flats there are in southwest Sydney, the diameter of Fairfield, the population of Sydney, the current infectious cases in the community, then we chuck it in the algorithm and see what kind of results we get.
“Another big factor for me is, when I was younger, I had a crayon lodged in my brain and once I had that removed my IQ went up 50 points, so I’m able to calculate these complex mathematical algorithms.”
EDITOR’S UPDATE:
Jon-Bernard Kairouz’s Monday prediction was incorrect, with NSW recording 98 cases.
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford reported that traps set by NSW Health on Sunday night were successful.
Ford told 3AW on Monday an “unusual and brutal” level of investigation was employed to find the leak and it may have solved the case.
Ford reported “every phone and computer” was being monitored to try and nab the leak, with the claims later repeated by Ray Hadley on 2GB.
Image: Jon-Bernard Kairouz / Twitter
