Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming today.
Dr. Tam, most of my questions are going to go to you.
I've heard various versions of “the pandemic is over”, or the emergency part of the pandemic is over. But the pandemic continues. Therefore, there is, naturally, uncertainty associated with that level of communication. It was recommended that we get our booster vaccine. I've done my primary as well as the two boosters. I'm looking forward to getting my bivalent vaccine soon.
We talked about the outcome, and that's the best way of being able to measure our success. Had we not followed the guidelines that were set, in combination with consultation with our scientists and data, as well as, let's say, the government policies, where would we be?
We know that today we are at 45,689 individuals who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Where would we be if we hadn't followed those? That's really the end outcome. Can you shed light on that?