Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you all for coming today. I appreciate your comments.
I come from a military family, and my father was the military attaché to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, with the high commission there. When we were sent there, I was just a teenager. Basically, we were told that when you're going there, you have to take malaria pills.
When my two sons travelled to Africa, one son talked to his doctor, a South African doctor who was very aware of malaria and suggested he take doxycycline. The other son was given mefloquine. It happens: doctors give out what their preferred drug may be.
My question is really dealing with informed consent. General, can you describe to us what the informed consent process would be for our soldiers when they go into theatre?