Thank you, Chair.
My questions will be for Dr. Barrett.
Dr. Barrett, I want to thank you so much for taking the time to be here today. You are an expert, and you've been such a leader in Nova Scotia and in our response to COVID-19. I can speak on behalf of my constituents when I say I'm so proud—so proud—to have people like you representing our province.
We've demonstrated, I think clearly, that provinces can control the spread of this virus if they take a committed stance and follow provincial public health advice, so I have a couple of questions for you.
From day one of this pandemic, Dr. Strang and his public health team, and of course former premier McNeil and now Premier Rankin, have taken COVID-19 seriously by implementing very strict public health measures.
This is a chance, Dr. Barrett, to unpack the measures you spoke to in your opening statement. I'd like to hear a bit more and maybe do a deeper dive on that in respect to the first wave, but given the severity of our third wave, do you think we could be doing more?
I have one more question I'm going to put in there, because I want to take this time we have for you to answer these questions. With the record-high cases—I think it's 227 today, and I think that's a total of a little over 1,400 cases—can you tell us what you think the next couple of weeks look like for Nova Scotians? What advice would you give to those watching at home?
Thank you, and over to you.