What if we had 'followed the science'?

Texas Reports Zero Deaths 2 Months After Biden Called its Reopening Plan as 'Neanderthal Thinking'

Texas reports zero deaths 2 months after Biden called its reopening plan as “Neanderthal thinking”

“The last thing we need is the Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything’s fine, take off your mask, forget it,” Biden said after Texas declared in March it would reopen at 100 percent.

NewsweekScott McDonald

Actually, when progressives say "follow the science" all they really mean is "do what you're told".  Most of what they call "science" is just speculation, not actual scientific insights confirmed by experimentation.