[pfdietz]

That makes little sense. If people are isolating for COVID, it's going to knock down transmission of the other infectious diseases too.

[downerending]

It's because they're not getting vaccinated, which makes a big difference.

Believe I also read that there's a vaccination window for TB--it doesn't work for adults. So each year of lowered vaccination coverage matters that much more. Globally a million people die of TB each year.