Why I rebel against various Covid related mandates

This will be an emotional note. I will mention a bunch of disconnected themes and justify my sentiment by trying to connect them. But they are disconnected — I know that my logic is flawed. There is no logic. There is only “sentiment”. But I can’t overcome my sentiment. It’s strong.

First, let me mention that I take the pandemic seriously. My parents — they’re in Moscow — both had Covid and they told me how rough (an understatement) it was. My mom was close to calling emergency.