one country that doesn't gets mentioned is Pakistan, it has a population of 200m+ with heavily dense cities, there were no lockdowns, people prayed in congregations in Mosques 5 times a day with no social distancing and no masks.
The default talking point and narrative is that even if masks were only 0.1% effective that tiny effect exponentially compounds and over time and leads to <insert massive number here> lives saved.
Then you have Pakistan where no measures are taken yet the there is no exponential spiraling out of control