This is what the article is getting at, there are questions to be answered before you ever get to scientists evaluating evidence for and against different polic

This is what the article is getting at, there are questions to be answered before you ever get to scientists evaluating evidence for and against different policies aimed at solving a problem. What problem are we solving, what is or isn't a problem, what constitutes a better outcome, and what types of policies are allowable may be informed by science but are often (and often appropriately or at least inevitably) decided by culture, law, art, force majeure, etc.