The COVID-19 era began five years ago with the cancellation of some NBA and NHL games followed by the closures of schools, churches, and businesses. Then, stay-at-home orders and social-distancing rules hit us, followed by mask mandates and, later, vaccine mandates.

Of all the errors, follies, and misdeeds of this disastrous period, the most damaging and most morally deficient involved the mantra “follow the science.”