Here in Australia we had pretty long lockdowns compared to many other places. Our excess deaths are multiple times lower than say the US or UK for example.
"Tiny island nation which has extremely tough rules on biological imports shielded itself from the rest of humanity for two years" does not have the same ring to it.
Be careful to equate correlation, i.e. fewer deaths due to stringent lockdowns to causation
Or just contrast what you said with what at the time came known as the "Swedish Experiment". You know, letting kids and teenagers go to school.
Population wise we're small but not tiny. We're 2.5X Sweden population, we're more populous than all of Scandinavia. Land wise we're around the size of the continental USA.
"shielded itself from the rest of humanity for two years"
We also did ok stopping it spreading within the nation also.
