It depends. It depends on your local healthcare system, the vaccination rate, the previous natural immunity rate, the age of the population... Here in Ontario

It depends. It depends on your local healthcare system, the vaccination rate, the previous natural immunity rate, the age of the population... Here in Ontario my unqualified napkin math suggests we might now be able to just fully re-open and get away with it. Over in Alberta where they have 2x as many unvaccinated people per capita, the ER departments and ICUs are in bad shape. > The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta, even though the protocol hasn’t officially been implemented. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill COVID-19 patients who should be on ventilators are not getting them. That’s on top of previously announced mass cancellations of surgeries, along with patient transfers, as doctors balance medical need with available space, he said. -- https://globalnews.ca/news/8218552/alberta-covid-19-icu-triage-protocol/ https://globalnews.ca/news/8218552/alberta-covid-19-icu-tria... We've seen triage protocols implemented in various places around the world when it did in fact, spike badly enough. It can happen if you have a lot of unvaccinated old people who all get it suddenly.