Here is one of the first studies (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01248-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01248-1) on the relationship bet

Here is one of the first studies (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01248-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01248-1) on the relationship between lock-down policies and death rates. In the graph shown in the middle of the article, you can see there is no impact on the death rate by moderate to severe lock-down policies. All countries experienced essentially the same rate of death from Covid regardless of lock-down and social distancing policies. The only outlier is Hong Kong, whose reported statistics are questionable at best given the level of government oppression occurring in that state leading up to the Covid crisis.