They love talking about their high and mighty principles of informed consent, in normal times. Examples...
Australia:
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-09/sq20-030_-_fact_sheet_-_informed_consent_-_nsqhs-8.9a.pdf
USA:
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/informed-consent
UK:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/consent-to-treatment/
UN:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
... All sounds good, until a barely deadly rebranded flu comes along, then all these principles get thrown in the toilet. Which only means one thing: They meant NOTHING in the first place. Like George Carlin famously said: