That is what they tried in Alberta.
Fired contact tracers, stopped all protective measures and by September covid was out of control.
Hospitals were overwhelmed
Some more than doubled ICU beds and still ran out of beds
Had to fly patients to other provinces to care for them
Had to bring in medical help from other provinces to help them
Just brought in Canadian armed forces medical personnel today to help cover their health care needs.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-19-cases-september-data-1.6197781

More Albertans tested positive for COVID-19 than in any month prior, and records for hospital and ICU admissions were set. Deaths in September also spiked, making it the deadliest month since January 2021.

Driving this situation were the infectious delta variant, insufficient public health measures, delayed government action and low vaccination rates, said Craig Jenne, an associate professor of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary.

"When we backed off restrictions, the virus was able to exploit that and really move quite quickly through the unvaccinated," said Jenne, referring to the lifting of restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings, capacity limits and masks.

That is what pulling the bandage off quickly looks like if it has not healed enough you get a lot of bleeding