I doubt most of the countries with much higher excess deaths had strict lockdowns which extended for long periods of time. Russia for example had one six week l

I doubt most of the countries with much higher excess deaths had strict lockdowns which extended for long periods of time. Russia for example had one six week lockdown in March 2020 and then held the economy open for the next 18 months, but you can see through that period consistent high levels of excess mortality. This idea that lockdowns caused spikes in non-Covid deaths seems highly dubious to me. From what I've seen it's actually the other way round, for instance deaths from influenza, or from accidents, are reduced during those periods.