Totally agree with you that effects are the same, but I think the difference lies in the ease the tyrants have in implementing the new tyranny.
When people believe it to be a natural, organic pandemic then taking freedoms is easier, whereas when people see it as planned or even total scam/hoax of some sort, then it becomes much more difficult to do so as the popular resistance against the tyranny is much greater...
You're right. I think that unfortunately the global domination plan is in the implementation phase. That is why they are breaking the economy.