[mixtur2021]

Not sure. In the devolved administrations, Scotland in particular, my understanding is they locked down for longer with more restrictions and actually had higher death rates (other factors may be at play here to be fair) or very similar levels:

https://www.ft.com/content/0eccfeef-2913-43a7-9518-6728f15e5...

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/covid-lockdown-s...

[TurkishPoptart]

Scotland and Wales took the Chinese "Zero Covid" route and are suffering the consequences.