Recommendations to lock down, mask up, and social distance during the COVID-19 pandemic were not made on the best available scientific evidence and thus had nowhere near the effectiveness that their advocates either proclaimed or hoped for. Sufficient data indicate that such measures contributed little to helping people avoid the risk of COVID or actually did more harm than good. So says the first report released by a statewide grand jury that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis convened to investigate the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and whether pharmaceutical manufacturers and executi…