You guys are nicer people than I am. I remember being about 6 months away from being fined and 12 months from being imprisoned. Every single one of these people would have been enthusiasticly in support of it.
So go ahead and be sympathetic about your family members. But they're not my family members. If I died or got The Long Haul Covid or got shot by a cop for not having a vaccine passport they would have said I deserved it. Maybe they would have said your third cousin deserved it. Maybe your first cousin. Maybe even you if it meant keeping the house or not facing restrictions.
Hey they got to keep their job, got to travel, not be subjected to social disapproval, etc. Everybody gets what he wants.
Fine, I'm an asshole. But so are the people you're feeling bad for. Getting cancer doesn't change that.