It’s not a mystery at all. Unless you think the Left care about the poor and vulnerable. Once you understand that they don’t, it all makes sense. Pursuit of political power is the real game.

https://dailysceptic.org/why-is-the-left-so-enthusiastic-about-covid-restrictions-given-that-the-people-they-harm-the-most-are-the-poor-and-vulnerable/

“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.” George Orwell, 1984