Alberta has a population of 4 million people. 1,595 hospitalized and 41 deaths will simply strike many people as insignificant against that population, too small to justify lifestyle changes like wearing a mask. Considering how even during this time of COVID, many people have been observing restrictions only because they were warned the healthcare system might collapse (and thus affect them, too), not because they felt a drive to save every single life – and now that vaccines are being rolled out and the largest danger seems to have passed, masks are coming off left and right.