My brother-in-law had a cancerous brain tumor. He could not get surgery that might have extended his life largely because of the Covid lockdown and ban on “elective surgeries” (meaning any surgery that was scheduled?. His death was labeled a “preumptive Covid-19 death” because at that time there were no tests available. I some ways this was appropriate. At least 90% of the excess deaths this year have been caused by the lockdowns and unavailability of treatment for the real killers, Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke etc...
Half a million deaths in the US every year are attributed to tobacco by the CDC but your uncle illustrates that the CDC exaggerates this as well. Is anyone wanting to close the economy down until people stop smoking?