Up until smallpox was eradicated, it was. Now there's no need. Tetanus is a killer too. If rubella, polio, measles, mumps and the other ones children get vaccinated for weren't deadly, then they wouldn't have vaccines for them. Covax isn't a true vaccine, even if they changed the definition.
Obesity was the cause of death of 4.7 million in 2017, but there's no regulation against eating unhealthy. No government shutdown of McDonald's.
Influenza has killed about a half million in ten years. No mandate for that.
BTW, there are ZERO vaccines that are actually mandated for normal people.
Also, the numbers are inflated to include those who have "covid" on the death certificate, whether or not it's primary, is counted as a covid death. Including trauma, homicide, and suicide. (CDC reference)