Overwhelmed ICUs and hospitals has been Canadian tradition for decades, just google any year (ie. 2018) and "flu overwhelm hospitals" and you'll found countless

Overwhelmed ICUs and hospitals has been Canadian tradition for decades, just google any year (ie. 2018) and "flu overwhelm hospitals" and you'll found countless articles of just seasonal influenza overwhelming the system. The problem isn't the virus, it's the wholly inadequate socialized system.