Dr. Saphier & Chaffetz: COVID unmasks 'party of science' – here's what we've learned after a year of pandemic

Invoking the mantle of science, politicians have undertaken destructive policies to combat a deadly pandemic. While initial measures taken in haste out of an abundance of caution may have been necessary, now, a year into the pandemic, the science is catching up. 

Extended lockdowns are necessary Politics will always get in the way when dealing with hard issues, but lives are at stake Early recommendations to stay home made sense in the face of limited testing and increasing hospitalizations, but this was never meant to be a sustained method to contain the spread.