Does making things compulsory often hurt rather than help?

I’ve noticed that there is a certain portion of the population that does not like being told what to do by the government, no matter what it is. In the beginning of the pandemic, when masks were advised against, there were many people insisting that they would wear one anyway and that it was not paranoid to do so. Once masks became compulsory, the greatest voice was in opposition to them. It’s not about the action (wearing a mask), it’s about the fact that you are being told to do it.

It’s, I think, the compulsoriness of a vaccine that fuels conspiracy theories and ensures that not enough people will get one. To ensure that a large enough percentage of the population receives the COVID vaccine, should we ease up on the compulsion? Otherwise we’re going to be hearing more about how Bill Gates is trying to implant microchips in us…