They don't walk away because they are either 80 years plus or have a comorbid immune comprised system.
In other words, they were on the way out anyway. It came a bit sooner than planned. Smokers well it's their choice! See: https://trendingpolitics.com/breaking-british-expert-who-predicted-millions-of-coronavirus-deaths-makes-stunning-reversal/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
My Brother died of the worst case of COPD from smoking, I and the people at the Alfred had ever seen. Flu nearly took him out a few years before his actual death. He was in his mid/late 50s.
