There is no such thing as a completely "free" country in that all countries have rules (mandates). You must obey certain laws, you must defend the country when called upon to do so (military draft), you must obey the government when the government decides that a required action is necessary for the general safety of the populous (like, in this case, the vax).
What was strange here was that going into the COVID "emergency," certain parties (the Democrats, the media, the health infrastructure) started lying right from the start. And after Trump's voters were ceremoniously denied victory in the election, Americans had good reason to believe that we were in the midst of a coup...and therefore everything coming out of the government was potentially a lie in the furtherance of that coup.
That such things happen is true, but that does not make them good or right. The draft and vax mandates are an example of unscrupulous people gaining the reigns of power and oppressing others.
Yes, it's the common state of man, but that state also includes many injustices and evils like murder and theft.
Vax mandates are unjustifiable and wrong even for vaccines that work.
And if you think anything about the pandemic or jabs was constitutional or had to do with the safety of the populace...
This is a great point.