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So political, our Dr. Tam.

Jeneroux wishes she had provided information on Taiwan. “I still wonder what the situation might have been today if it was treated with that sense of urgency right from the get-go.”

Davies is OK with waiting to hear from Tam until the crises has calmed down, but then wants to dig in.

During the early months of the crises, the Trudeau government hid behind the WHO’s clout and reputation, doing whatever the WHO recommended on COVID-19, including pooh-poohing the public’s use of face masks. “They not only were advising against masks, but Dr. Tam used the WHO to testify at our committee that she felt the use of masks might be harmful,” Davies says. “I think that was also questionable.”

When the government reversed positions on masks in early April, Davies wasn’t satisfied with Tam’s position that she did so based on new evidence, not when there is abundant evidence dating back years on how masks protect against droplet infection. “It seemed to me she was trying to cover her error,” he says.

I’ve now lost confidence in Dr. Tam, but the MPs have not quite yet.

Says Davies: “I do have confidence in her ability but I also in my opinion she’s made a number of errors. Some significant.”

And Jeneroux: “Until she’s come and voiced her side of the story, we’ll give her some level of support. At the end of the day, I think all Canadians want her to succeed. I want her to succeed. I think you want her to succeed in terms of getting us out of this situation that we’re in.”

Indeed, we not only want Tam to succeed, we are desperate for that to happen. If she can’t, she needs to step aside or be moved out.