1/ A colleague is in the Phillipines. They are allowed out every other day -- people get assigned M W F or T T S for "food and medicine" trips. Otherwise inside by force all day. You need a letter from the government to go on a hike. You must wear a mask and face shield. If you..

2/ go outside with your partner a six foor stick is placed between you for for "social distance" even if you are intimate. Kids under 19 are NOT ALLOWED OUT and haven't been for a year. They are completely socially isolated from one another and forbidden to play or walk outside

3/ If people gather even outside as they do agricultural work they are fined. Constant gov't propaganda including t shorts say STAY INSIDE. SAVE MONEY. SAVE LIVES. I've seen this colleague go from being a bright entrepreneurial young healthy woman to one who is decompensating...

4/ in one year, pale skin, unable to get sun Vit D or fresh air. They see freer societies online and long for them but are being told it will be ONE MORE YEAR AT LEAST. By the time the Phillipines (wh is close to China economically) are allowed out again if ever they will have

5/forgotten their culture, traditions, kids won't be socialized to anything but screens, they will have forgotten the sea, sky and sunlight. This is nation number 3 (UK, Ireland, Philippines) that is "locked down" to break the population psychologically in face of all science.

6/ Note, this is one eyewitness account. I have not been able to confirm with a second source as I see virtually NO news out of the Philippines regarding heir "lockdown."