RW, re: connection on Trump and vaccine. How did I feel you are going to mention vaccines there? It seems that his pro-vaccine position (obvious for two years) somehow jarred you.
What is not clear why you are making such a big deal on “mandates” v. vaccines. You are happy to discuss this mandate issue that is something that government does, while there is a simple thing that each of people could do to protect themselves and others, and everyone from R Kanevsky to, l’havdil, AAQ, to Trump, to hospital statistics are telling you the same thing and you are still worrying about a government policy. Fix yourself first before pointing at others.