"Oh my, the big bad gubermint is coming to get us, so we should all flee to the hills! But, someone should enact measures to stop the spread of the virus!" What nonsense. Your "fweedom" obsessed ilk can not even follow simple directions from their betters, and you think a mob of "fwee" men will somehow organise themselves to prevent spread of illness. Without enforcement, no one will abide by any program or policy.
The Hong Kong rabble are rioting because they think they can dictate to their betters how to prevent epidemic from spreading, without possessing any qualifications or having access to relevant information. The muck have grown unmanageable because Carrie Lam allowed these weeds to spread unchecked. They should have been crushed the moment these malcontents began disrupting public order.
You think that allowing societies to degenerate into chaos by spreading panic and paranoia would be beneficial for humanity. The countless examples of miseries wrought under failing and failed societies fail to diminish your zeal for "fweedom" because you have been blinded by the conviction of your pride. The panic fear spread by paranoid delusions of Alex Jones fanatics, at a time of potential global epidemic, will do naught but result in social degeneration. Rational rulers must censor potentially harmful information and enforce social stability, especially at a time of crisis, for the benefit of all. To do otherwise is to fail in his duty as a ruler and the obligations demanded of his position. What is "fweedom" compared with the lives of billions?