The most sensible number to look at for countries with differing data quality is excess mortality. However tempting it may be to correlate only with the magnit

The most sensible number to look at for countries with differing data quality is excess mortality. However tempting it may be to correlate only with the magnitude of the lockdown procedures, however, it is equally if not more important to correlate them with how public health is organized and what kind of service citizens could be expected to receive. We can only hope that in time people will look back at this with a scientific mindset and draw any conclusions from that.