Bruce Arthur: Dr. David Fisman threw a bomb under the science table as the fourth wave looms. But there are no winners here

This should be a quiescent time of year, but it sure as hell isn't. COVID rates are flying ahead of last year's pace, and ICU rates are going up. Delta is a monster. Schools open in two and a half weeks, and online parent groups are full of increasingly wild eyes, and panic-shopping for something better than cloth masks. Meanwhile, the Ontario government is in campaign mode, and the science table hasn't predicted the fall. The silence feels ominous.