The science says destroying the global economy with lockdowns is bad too. Do we make all policy on the basis of one variable, or do we look at the multivariate

The science says destroying the global economy with lockdowns is bad too. Do we make all policy on the basis of one variable, or do we look at the multivariate system holistically? Majority of countries are doing the former, which is not "following the science" but cherry picking a subset of the science that reinforces your view. I can assure you everybody on earth catching covid would be less severe and painful than the GFC was for global population. Which is pretty easily borne out by the data (the science). A second global lockdown would have pretty similar results to the GFC, given that ammo for stimulus is spent.