The issue was that they were intended to get people to vaccinate to stop the spread.

While the vaccines are excellent at helping prevent serious illness and death, they werent as advertised with preventing spread.

That in mind, having a mandate then seems silly. It only made sense if the goal was to protect others. If they want to risk serious impacts of covid potentially, that’s on them. But a lot of things in life exist that are super dangerous but an individuals choice.