In this "sphere" or however you want it call it (the dissident right/alt-right/Third Positionists/etc), its apparent at least to me that opinion on the policy responses to coronavirus has been divided. This is notable because these policies that have been put in place globally (which are basically the same thing in substance across countries, lockdowns, "social distancing", mask enforcement, etc) lead to discussions about civil liberties, freedom and other emotive topics including economics which there is not yet some kind of consensus on. There is additionally debate over the motives of governments and the bigger picture. I'm interested to hear opinions on others on the matter and see their reasoning and viewpoint behind it.

My personal thoughts

tl;dr: lockdowns and anti-virus measures aren't bad in principle but I don't trust the current regimes and they have obviously messed it up both unintentionally and for pragmatic gains

I won't comment on the origin of the virus and nature of the pandemic and whether its overblown or not. I don't think the virus is a hoax but I am unsure about the other parts.

On the response, firstly, I think these measures would never have been needed in first place if strong border controls were in place. International travel and airports are still operating almost as normal in many countries to this day, which was only reason this virus spread so widely. In 2016, Ebola barely spread outside West Africa because countries shut down any form of travel or interaction with those nations affected. We also saw the pathetic reaction to concerns about the virus' East Asian origins in the Western liberal democracies, where they boasted about how instead of closing borders to these countries we should welcome them with hugs and kisses (and then end up overtaking China in official death tolls). The governments of world failed, either deliberately or unintentionally, in this regard and the global nature of the virus is only because of this mistake.

After the virus spread from China, we began seeing lockdowns, social distancing, case tracking and the mask legislations. Now the first point on this, I am completely distrustful of the current ruling authority. However, I am not a civil libertarian even in "normal times" either and I would warrant totalitarian methods to deal with far less deadly issues than this. I do not think on principle all the measures imposed are bad, in my opinion it is completely logical to prevent free-mixing when a deadly virus is about. I think anyone whose main concern is the fact their hedonistic activities got postponed because of this is a degenerate. But I reject any "tracking" or surveillance policy from the current regimes, this would clearly be misused. Of course, there is an additional socio-ideological aspect to things such as the facemasks as well which pushes its own liberal globalist-homosexual agenda.

In regards to the effects of the pandemic response, initially I'll say that I think governments have been incompetent in providing relevant safety-nets to the population and this has worsened the situation. The implementation of stimuli schemes have not been adequate enough and insufficient support has been given to both workers and small business owners. This is contrast to the handouts that are thrown at the big corporations. I think it would usually be times like this where a competent national welfare state would come to its primary use as a safety-net. I do not think a "laissez-faire" Sweden-style approach is the right one to take if a country was in this situation. Also, while there is significant tragedy in the economic damage, I can't help but feel anything but glee and epicaricacy when I hear that the decadent nightlife industry and Hollywood Jews are facing significant damage from this.

On a similar point, the lockdowns are indeed strengthening big business in areas such as commerce against small businesses which will result in greater duopolies and their influence over governments. The aftermath of this is clear in that the corpocratic elite will solidify their control. This would have been mitigated by a competent Third Positionist state which would have given support to small business owners while cracking down on such profiteering. Do I think this was intentional as well as other potential power grabs by Establishment? Even if the virus was legitimately an act of nature, probably so because as they say "never waste a good opportunity". I also think it is possible China deliberately allowed this virus to spread so they would not be the sole sufferer of the consequences, which I can only say is a smart pragmatic move.