I think it's clear for anybody who is looking at the COVID pandemic and particularly its impact in the most fragile and most vulnerable places around the world that this is a really critical moment. As Professor Audet mentioned, the immediate health impacts are not what was feared in many of these contexts. He also mentioned in his testimony that the indirect impact of not acting robustly now has the potential to be devastating for a lot of these countries.
We know there will be economic disruption. We know there's already social disruption. We know there's been interruption to school programs. All of these combined effects may fuel conflict. I listened to previous testimony from other witnesses, like Mr. Beasley, who emphasized that point. I think it is really critical that we engage robustly and sufficiently nimbly to show leadership.