My main point, which may have been lost in my attempt at comparison, is that mandates are in line with the beliefs and choices of up to 92% of the adult population. Thus in a democracy, that doesn't seem heavy handed
Agreed. In the early years of the last century it is aid that 25% of our deaths were due to TB. A mandatory program was put in place to try and eradicate the disease, remember in the '50's as a child having to front up to the government caravan when it visited town for the mandatory chest x-ray.
Didn't stop me being in contact with TB, chap a few doors down in flight school died from TB and a bunch of us had to have tests, mine came up positive, false as it turned out, merely showed I had been in contact with TB.