True North: '“We face a tsunami of new cases in the weeks ahead,” Ford said. “Omicron isn’t like the other variants…it’s much more transmissible.” Ford kept repeating that hospitals will be overwhelmed by this apparent “tsunami.” Of course what the premier didn’t mention – all the while plugging booster shots as a panacea – was that vaccinated people are still getting Omicron. Neither did we hear anything about the strain being much milder – akin to the cold or the flu – and that it has led to far fewer deaths.'