Either that or we do not know their true motivation is. What we do know is that they are not doing this to safeguard their citizens. That, for sure, is not the motivation at play here.
The claim is that we are in a public health emergency. This public health emergency is due to a virus which has well over a 99% survival rate. Some people get this virus and don’t even know they had it. The vast majority who get it do not need to be hospitalized.
The powers that be have acted as if this virus the return of the bubonic plague or smallpox.
They argue that without heavy mandates, it would be like the plague.