Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today. This is such important testimony.
It is my 50th birthday today, so this is a perfect birthday present for me actually. Thank you so much.
I'm going to start with Dr. Pai. I read an article you wrote last week, Dr. Pai. I will submit it to the analysts so they can have a look at it as well.
You talked about how ensuring that global vaccine equity happens is the most selfish thing we can do, that in fact it is the thing that will protect us the most. It protects us health-wise from future pandemics. If we can't do it because it saves lives, can we not do it simply because it's good for our own health and also good for our economy?
Could you speak to that a little bit more? I would like to give you some opportunity to do that
One other quick thing before I stop is that I know you didn't have a chance to respond to some of the previous questions, so please take some time to respond to them too.