Madam Speaker, my concern is that we need everything brought to bear on this threat to our society and the whole planet. We need to keep people locked down because the variants may even be able to outrace the vaccinations.
Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, said that even with the vaccinations in the U.S., she has “a recurring fear of impending doom”. Those are her words. She is worried that with the vaccinations, the U.S. public will have a false sense of security and will ignore the health warnings and the need to continue to be very careful.
I am afraid the Conservatives may lead people to think—