That's the key point - 'follow the science' gets bandied around to support whatever the discourse of the day is.

Don't forget that in Australia and the US, the top experts were originally saying 'Don't wear masks' as well. Which i still can't understand why coz there was a ton of evidence that they work.

The other thing is that Covid is way bigger than just science experts. It would be nice to have experts from other fields weighing in as well - for example philosophers - or anyone schooled in logic.

They could explain that if a safety trial takes a year to complete, then it takes a year to complete. Don't throw all that out the window coz you're in a rush. You're just asking for it to backfire.