If anything I am quite sure that the few lockdowns we did have worsened the spread of COVID, or at least concentrated it over a shorter timeframe, since people were now packed into shopping centres at reduced hours, were forced to socialise in smaller 'speakeasy' venues, and had a greater interaction with grandparents given the closure of schools. Without lockdowns, the virus would have spread slowly and steadily, and been concentrated in younger groups who have more social interaction with eachother, like influenza each season.
Even under a 'best case' scenario for Lockdown, and using Sweden as an example, we have spent about 50 months in Lockdown in order to save 1 month of life - statiscally for someone of advanced age and with serious existing health problems:
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/lockdown-effectiveness...
Is there a health problem in the West? Yes, and its from obesity, which is heavily correlated to negative COVID outcomes:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8...
Sweden and Ukraine far below lockdown countries for deaths per capita: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...
Annual deaths in Sweden 2020 only 6% higher than 2018, and even then only after a weak 2019 flu/death season:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-...
The COVID death spike in Sweden basically aligns with a once-a-decade flu variant:
https://swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sweden-monthly-...
So is this conspiratorial? I am using all of the available data to create this attitude.