In the case of the global pandemic, the outcomes were profound; particularly, when the rules of the land completely contradicted the democratic, flexible, and individually determined choices we had all fought so hard to enjoy. The reality is that in many cases we were no longer able to move freely in community circles that we had actively developed and if we did, we needed to be at a minimum masked if not inoculated, then be morally judged if not fined as in the case of some restrictions that had been put in place.