Shane D: It seems to me you have an extreme double standard. One standard for COVID vaccines, and another for all other medical treatments. Consider this --
Weeks before a person goes in for eye surgery, he has to stop using contact lenses, and he has to apply various eyedrops several times a day. After surgery he has to continue with various drops for a month. Imagine that the patient refused to do these things. No surgeon would agree to perform the operation, even if it meant the patient would go blind. I am sure you would agree with the surgeon. So why would you object to a surgeon who demands the patient be vaccinated for COVID? The post-op condition after a serious operation leaves a person vulnerable to infectious disease. COVID might well kill the patient.
To take another example, if you have something like an infection or high blood pressure before an operation, they will delay for a few weeks while the problem is treated. (That happened to me once.) The patient may have to take medication to fix the problem. Surely you agree this is necessary. You would not dispute the doctors' judgment that the infection must be cleared with antibiotics before proceeding. So why would you dispute the doctors judgment that the patient must be protected against COVID before the operation? Would you object to any other vaccination, such as the one for pneumonia or tetanus? Why is the COVID vaccine any different from these others? The only difference I know is that it is far safer. If the patient does not want the newer mRNA technology, he can get a J&J adenovirus vaccine.
Suppose a patient was going to India for so-called medical tourism, for a hip replacement. Before people travel to India it is highly recommended they get hepatitis A and B shots. If the doctors in India and the US insisted the patient be vaccinated for hepatitis before boarding the airplane, would you say this interferes in the patient's rights? I am sure you would not! I am sure you would agree that the trip should be canceled if the patient does not follow the doctors' orders.