You have a point there too Hip. My thoughts are... You've simply got to admit & reveal any and all downsides to the vaccines, and allow the people to choose whether the risk/reward ratio appeals to them... Or not!
Rolling out the vaccines, & saying mandates are necessary, as this is the only way to "end the pandemic" was a dumpster fire of a way to introduce them. What ever happened to science? Risk vs Reward; & freedom to choose?
I'm retired, so I don't give a rats a$$ about the stupid mandates, but I'll never forgive the prohibition on outpatient treatment, during the dark days of 2020/21. I had to learn how to use bitcoin, & get simple over the counter meds from India, just to have something to take if I got sick. I about fell to my knees when they arrived in the post.
When I did get sick, I took the forbidden fruit, & guess what... I didn't die! But I did live happily ever after.
We need to start learning to live & let live. Wear masks if you want to... Get vaccinated if you like... Access outpatient plague treatment if it makes you feel better (IT DID!).
What's all this "New Way" of coercion and mandates? It's a shite way to treat your fellow man.
"The new way of coercion and mandates".
It was known for quite some time from the Milgram experiment that a majority of the population can be easily manipulated into torturing and killing their fellow man. The COVID panic confirmed this experimental result. We say, live and let live. They say F$#^k you, take the shot. They say "F*&^%k you, wear the mask. They say "F#%&* your small business and your church. Some people might forget how how much rabid hatred there was for dissenting opinions - don't forget.