The big difference is that if it is under warranty it makes sense to have it serviced. If it is an older car doing 2000 miles/year, waiting six months for the service will most likely not be an issue.
It depends - some older cars (and I don't mean that old [1980s and older old]) need oil and filter changes, checking the brakes, battery, etc even when doing low mileages, because the likelihood is that this mileage is mostly made up of short trips from cold, whereby the car doesn't get warmed up and that puts more stress on certain parts as mentioned on other threads.
Not doing so (not necessarily on all cars of that age and older) may be fine, but if delaying resulted in the car failing, whether temporarily (and thus being of some inconvenience as a minimum, or stopping a vital usage [e.g. shopping trips or to the doctor]) or permanently (unlucky), the result could be quite severe, perhaps leading to far high costs in having a repair or even to have to buy a replacement car.
As Avant says, I'd check out the garage/dealer to prove to the OP that they do provide the proper sanitising regime after explaining the situation and go from there, perhps using another outfit if necessary. I personally wouldn't delay, and certainly not if the car were still under warranty.
As has been said, the garage is under a legal obligation to provide such a service when working on the car. Whether they actually carry it out is another matter. Hopefully they are trustworthy and competent.
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