Mr. Paul Reid:

We are wide open to learning lessons. I said that we make decisions at a point in time. We did change our approach on testing and the case definition and how we ascertain it. Many of our top geriatrician consultants, one of whom, Dr. Colm Henry, is here with me today, were also quite taken aback at the presentation of positive cases and how asymptomatic people did not demonstrate any symptoms at all but may have just gone off their food. I spoke to GPs and geriatricians last week who spoke of how taken aback they were on this. As we learned more, our approach changed. I want to agree with the Deputy. As we have gone through the process, our approach has changed, and as we go forward, I have no doubt our approach will change. That is part of what we have learned about the virus.

Nobody is more upset than the healthcare workers who work in the system, both public and private, and have seen what has happened. Overall, I think our strategy approach was based on knowledge we had at a particular time and it did change as we gained more knowledge. I have no doubt learnings will be and should be made for the future.