The Good Ole Days

Once upon a time, you could go any place you wanted, visit whomever you wanted, eat wherever you wanted, worked in whatever occupation you wanted and in general, lived your life however you wanted. Not so anymore in the age of Covid.
Songs like this one, bring back memories of a much simpler time. Being more carefree and having the freedom and liberty to live life as one wishes has now become a thing of the past.
Me and you and a dog named boo. Travelin' and livin' off the land. Me and you and a dog named boo. How I love bein' a free man.
Compared With Today
Austria has passed a law requiring that its citizens be vaccinated.
Austria, with a population of 8.9 million, orders 42 million doses of covid vaccines, at a price of €841,8 million when inflation is already at a record high.
— Anna (@AnnaSPhilipps) February 3, 2022
Why does a country of 8.9 million need 42 million doses of vaccines?
How is it that vaccinations continue to be required since it's already known that the jab does not prevent the acquisition of, nor the transmission of COVID-19? Inquiring minds want to know.

As the author of "1984" wrote: Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.