Article content Retired Gen. Rick Hillier had some good news for locked-down Ontarians on Tuesday morning: The chair of Ontarioâs vaccine distribution task force anticipates 8.5 million people will have two shots of Modernaâs or Pfizerâs best by the end of July. Thatâs significantly more and faster than federal government projections had thus far led us to hope for, and it brings promise of a significantly quicker partial return to normality. Representing roughly 60 per cent of the Ontario population, 8.5 million double doses certainly ought to be enough to protect every priority group, whether by dint of occupation, underlying condition or age: There are 5.6 million Ontarians over the age of 50, which is the demographic accounting for 83 per cent of hospital and ICU admissions and 99 per cent of fatalities, Canada-wide.