Over nine million people were reported infected and over 472,000 people were reported dead. In the United States, over 2,300,000 people were reported infected, which amounts to a quarter of the population of Quebec. We have no vaccines or antivirals. Our strategy has only just been implemented. We have no serological test. In short, we know very little about the virus.
Right now, there's a lull, an in-between period. What worries me is the lifting of the lockdown. From a public health perspective, there's little reason to lift the lockdown quickly. The basis for lifting the lockdown isn't public health, but economic pressure.
Mr. Konyndyk, if we don't want to see a second and even more deadly wave on the planet, at what rate should the lockdown be lifted right now, given what you said about rich countries and poor countries?