There's a lot of dots being connected in this article without reason or proof. The author is simply throwing supposition at the reader and hoping they don't notice there's not much to back it up.

Why? What harm does it cause?

Depends on how much resources are dedicated and how much people are willing to give up to hit that goal.

For the most part, the rest of the world has decided we're tired of restrictions, so we're going to act like COVID doesn't exist anymore.