The Institute of Economic Affairs, has published a comprehensive discussion of the evidence relating to the lockdowns, whether they worked and were effective. The book length report, Did Lockdowns Work? The Verdict on Covid Restrictions, by J. Herby et al., conducted a meta-analysis, a type of method of averaging over studies to draw a general conclusion, involving 19,646 studies. It was concluded that “lockdowns were a failed promise. They had negligible health effects but disastrous economic, social and political costs to society. Most likely lockdowns represent the biggest policy mistake in modern times.” All of the lockdown policies did little to reduce Covid mortality, and contributed harm in themselves. At present the ruling elites are handing out awards to each other about what a jolly good job hey did during the Covid freak-out, but it is all smoke and mirrors.
https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Perspectives-_1_Did-lockdowns-work__June_web.pdf