Bruce Arthur: Some hopeful signs that Omicron cases have peaked in Ontario. But schools will be a delicate operation

If you squint, or you live in hope, things might be getting better even as they get worse. The near-vertical Omicron wave has produced record COVID hospitalizations, rocketing ICU occupancy, more people on ventilators, and deaths that match the peak of the third, only partially vaccinated wave. Like every wave, this isn't the flu.