In general -- and we are talking about India here, a country on which I am NOT an expert -- theories of government powers -- especially emergency powers (which

In general -- and we are talking about India here, a country on which I am NOT an expert -- theories of government powers -- especially emergency powers (which are much less subject to review by the people and their representatives) are much more about protecting people from the actions of others than protecting the people from their own poor choices. Therefore the evidence bar a government agency would generally have to reach to issue a human-rights destroying emergency decree based on evidence that a person might choose treatments providing worse average outcomes for themselves is vastly higher than the standard based on a disease transmission theory.