A lot of countries already have mandatory vaccinations for children since decades, a practice that helped immensely to stop and often eradicate other dangerous diseases, and nobody thought of protesting against them.
The difference here is that protests against Covid vaccinations were created and amplified on social media by entities with vested political interests, and painting those measures as authoritarian is also among the techniques used to obtain the above.
What's next, removing car license plates because they violate our privacy?
a lot of countries also don't have mandates. in regions where ebola is endemic, the vaccine isn't mandated, though perhaps it should be.
in the USA the flu vaccine is not mandated either, not even in hospitals.
further covid is not apples to apples with measles and smallpox. covid mutates. the vaccines don't achieve herd immunity. those diseases target the young while covid targets the old and infirm.
covid does not affect everyone equally.
zero-tolerance and one-size-fits-all was a mistake.
people get war fatigue all the same.
Further an authoritarian regime is perfectly sound as long as they're perfectly behaved. You shouldn't protest against that, agreed?