Moreover, while global attention is focused on COVID-19, attention has been distracted from the many other ongoing crises - particularly including the vast range of threats that constitute an imminent danger to human existence: see 'Human Extinction Now Imminent and Inevitable? A Report on the State of Planet Earth'- and no doubt other undesirable initiatives being carried out by the global elite outside our view. In addition, activism has been stymied as activists are either themselves distracted by COVID-19 or hindered by the measures (such as 'social distancing' and bans on public gatherings) introduced to supposedly deal with it.
Before and since writing 'Observing Elites Manipulate Our Fear', more evidence has been published pointing at an elite coup with governments around the world introducing draconian measures severely curtailing human rights and freedoms (including those involving the internet) and destroying national economies.
Comment: Duterte is known for his shocking and inflammatory rhetoric and it remains to be seen just how this order might be applied and why Duterte might consider such extreme measures to be necessary. After all, the Philippines is not a Western nation; Duterte has cracked down on rampant criminality through severe penalties, the Philippines even fought off an invasion by ISIS, so perhaps there are more reasons for Duterte to be concerned about those 'causing trouble'? Or perhaps Duterte, like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, is just finally losing it?
Whilst not as extreme, it is notable, and chilling, that many countries have been increasing the punishments for quarantine violation and have been bringing in emergency laws giving unprecedented powers to the police to crackdown on citizens, and these measures aren't intended to be withdrawn anytime soon: