Thank you.
Ms. Diogo or Mr. Allison, in January, the WHO director general has noted the following:
No country can boost its way out of the pandemic.
And boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with planned celebrations, without the need for other precautions.
Last month, the European Medicines Agency said that there was still no data supporting the need for a fourth COVID vaccine dose. It further stated that even if multiple boosters do prove to be necessary, they would need to be spaced out in the style of annual flu jabs, rather than delivered every several months. Finally, it warned that overly frequent booster doses could potentially lead to—quote—“problems with immune response”.
As Canadians near the end of the third booster program, what is the plan to deal with COVID-19 going forward?
Mr. Allison or Ms. Diogo, if you can't answer, that's fine. I'm not sure if it's beyond your scope.