I'd like to echo Dr. Sher's comments. This is a great opportunity to speak to you and to have media present to speak to Canadians and reassure them that for the vast majority of Canadians this is a very low risk.
The message I'd like to leave you with is, again, that this is not going to be the last one and wasn't the first. These are going to require a global response for a whole variety of reasons. Just as the agency cannot act alone but needs many government departments, Canada cannot act alone. We've been working very closely with all of our colleagues across the world.
I think Ebola illustrated that very well. We were lucky with the Ebola. We had a vaccine that we had developed and it was ready to go. We don't have that for Zika. If we had one for Zika, this would be a much different story. It's going to take a while. There are technologies, some in Canada, that can make rapid production of vaccines possible, but doing so requires huge resources, and it has to be on a global stage.
I think that's the last message I would leave: it requires a global response. In the next little while, as I mentioned at the outset, our advice is going to change, because the science will evolve almost on a daily basis, and the advice and recommendations will change.
Thank you again for the opportunity to be the first two witnesses at your—