That's the point. If you consider hours spent in lockdown per-capita, even a country like China, an authoritarian police state, did less harm to the liberties of their citizens than countries like the UK, France or Germany with their pandemic response.
That's without bring up countries like Japan, South Korea, or Australia, all of which are liberal democracies.
Well now you're just making things up. UK, France, and Germany did harm to civil liberties but nowhere near as bad as China. They still have entire cities under strict lockdowns right now!
That's without bring up countries like Japan, South Korea, or Australia, all of which are liberal democracies.