Scientism not science. Too much authority and prominence is given to scientists when they use bad or incomplete science. A 5 year old could have told them in March they had too little data (and not peer reviewed or repeatable)to make such blanket statements at 1 million people could die, or we can beat this with isolation tactics alone, we don’t need to close our borders, etc.
Hubris and bad science trump mitigation every time! If they are so wrong/right/unsure on climate change after 30 years of research, how can they be certain after only 6 months? I don’t trust them.