Your assertion lacks nuance TB, AIDs and poor sanitation are killers, and more deadly. but with the exception of a cholera outbreak, they are chronic. That is

Your assertion lacks nuance TB, AIDs and poor sanitation are killers, and more deadly. but with the exception of a cholera outbreak, they are chronic. That is, take a long time. Covid is acute and causes services to be overwhelmed, which causes higher mortality for everyone.