Health committee  I think in the general area of risk communications, we could always do better. I think even I personally—

Health committee  I would say, go to your trusted health care professional because—

Health committee  No, it's the family doctor of the person—

Health committee  —who would actually administer the vaccine.

Health committee  The decision would obviously rest with the programs in the provinces and territories that made the decision in terms of the population level—

Health committee  It comes down to the individual health care professionals and the patients.

Health committee  That's fine. Thank you very much.

Health committee  Thank you very much for the question. If I understand your question, no, the minister has not given me any personal direction in terms of communication. I think it's fairly clear—

Health committee  Thank you very much for the question about vaccine hesitancy. Obviously, it's a complex issue and there are many facets to it in terms of improving vaccine confidence in Canadians overall. There are multiple facets. First of all, we have one of the most respected and most rigoro

Health committee  At the end of the day, yes, giving a vaccination is a clinical medical decision. It is a medical act between a health professional and the patient. I think in the normal, ideal setting there's always informed consent. The patient is obviously informed about the risks and benefits

Health committee  Thank you very much for the question. I would also defer to Dr. Quach-Thanh for further comments, because NACI, Dr. Quach-Thanh and the other members went through the evidence to look at exactly what the real-world data shows, in comparison to the clinical trial data that was obv

Health committee  At this point, I would say that those kinds of questions about what kinds of measures individual Canadians can take would probably be a good topic, as I said, in terms of our ongoing discussions with our counterparts, the provincial and territorial authorities. In terms of what k

Health committee  At this point, I don't have all the details, but there is a whole-of-government approach. There are regular, ongoing interdepartmental meetings to look at issues such as this. Even within the public health community, we are working closely with our partners at Indigenous Services

Health committee  The short answer is yes. We are having discussions.

Health committee  I can respond. In terms of the question of asymptomatic transmission, but also about the request to China, as we all know, there was a special WHO mission. There were a lot of experts, led by Canadian Dr. Bruce Aylward, who has just recently returned from China. There were a lot