https://www.nber.org/papers/w28095 The three main pillars of happier lives – physical and mental health, jobs and incomes, and a supportive social structure (Helliwell el al. 2020)– were all hit by COVID-19, requiring policy choices that consider all three types of consequence comparably. Our focus on well-being rather than illness involves a deliberate shift in the caring sciences from a problem-solving to a building mode, from the investigation and curing of disease to the creation of happier and healthier physical and social environments.