I am not directing this at you personally, but: Why do we have so much compassion for people arguing against forced vaccination, and yet so little compassion f

I am not directing this at you personally, but: Why do we have so much compassion for people arguing against forced vaccination, and yet so little compassion for people who were scared of an unknown disease and angry that people were pushing back against the best known way to slow or stop the spread? Why is the burden of rationality on the latter group? Why don’t they get to be hostile?