I agree but it is simplistic. Vaccines certainly introduce a risk. In this case, if you are over 50 or have a comorbidity it is a no-brainer. But if you are a healthy 17 year old that risk equation changes. Taking the shot gets you, medically, nothing. And it may introduce other risks. So if the govt came back and said "take the shot if you are over 50. If you are between 30 and 50 we recommend it. If you are under 30 it is your choice based on your personal profile." That would have been much more realistic.
The bottom line to me, though, is Fauci and Collins (CDC and NIH respectively) working to shame anyone who disagreed was horrible. It showed that they had something to hide (or certainly looked like it). If you haven't read those emails, it is pretty shocking.