I watched the rally—after he encouraged taking the vaccine(s), and then got booed—he followed up immediately with, “But of course, I respect your freedoms” or something like that. He actually used the word “freedoms” a couple of times, immediately following.
That’s the point. Get the jab, as a recommendation (it would have been great if he had added “especially for all of you over 50”), but he respects our freedom of choice.
Same with masks.
Democrats respect no freedom of choice, except for abortion (and even then, the father has no say).