COVID-19 infections and avoid a potential second wave of cases.“We need that to gain our freedom, to be able to find a part of our normal lives, the activities we love, the people we love,” said Amir Khadir, a microbiologist, infectious disease specialist and former member of Quebec’s National Assembly.Khadir says it’s been shown that wearing masks is the best way to protect others and we should follow the example of other countries that have made it mandatory and succeeded in limiting the number of infections. “That’s why for example in Hong Kong — which has almost the same population as Quebec — they have only a bit more than a 1,000 cases and four deaths.