Sorry for your losses and the infections in your family.
I made it through the China Flu with only about a two day ordeal, headache and fever. My mom took a while to recover, but it wasn't ever dangerous. Saw a large outbreak at my church (we wore masks) and a few rough cases, but thankfully no deaths.
I think people do take it serious. However, we have been in a mask mandate from Abortion Andy for several months now. And we are seeing record numbers. How sure can we be that masks (which state on their packaging they don't stop disease spread) help?
I'm not trying to be a smarty pants, just think there is little to no proof they do. When I go out, hardly anyone doesn't have a mask. Yet numbers keep climbing.