One GOOD example is New Zealand and now Australia which have basically wiped out covid with strict rules on lockdown and masks.
You should look into what restrictions each country put in place to control the virus. On various news outlets, see below:
1) New Zealand-Mandatory quarantine in a facility if you're positive. Includes children without their parents
2) Australia-No one can travel past 5 mile radius of their home without proper papers. Only 1 household member can go grocery shopping. Only 1 household member allowed to leave to exercise and must be within 1 mile of their home. Implemented Hawaiis firearm to and from type law as well.
This is from what I remember, anyone can correct if I'm wrong or provide more details.
Below is what Taiwan did per my in laws there
Locked down in Jan
Only Taiwanese passports are allowed back in, followed by a 14 day mandatory quarantine at their home or a HUGE fine. Like $30,000 USD. A milk tea cost about $1USD.
No foreign passports allowed in until recently. Now it's for work reasons only. They get a few new cases a day and it's from Philipine, Malaysian workers. Need government approval to come in. Vacation or visit family is rejected
No Taiwanese citizen can leave the country, only foreign passports were allowed to leave
Government provided surgical type mask for the citizens (24 million population)
Taiwan never shut down businesses or schools. Their economy does not rely on tourist, like how HI's one does
At 1 point, they went 30+ (I think it was more like 60 days) days with no new cases
So countries that "wiped out" COVID that you mentioned, do not have the bill of rights. So if you're OK with that then what they did is a good plan. Taiwan is not mentioned much because they are not recognized by the WHO. They're not even on the WHO website. No politics there right?