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How the scientific community started its own COVID-19 response
By Aidan Chamandy May 11, 2020
Some 4,000 people, from scientists, to web developers, to architects, have volunteered their time to help Canada fight COVID-19.
Mona Nemer, chief science adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 23, 2020, speaking with reporters at a COVID-19 media briefing in the West Block on the Hill. Dr. Nemer mandated the creation of the CanCOVID expert network on March 23, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Tara Moriarty, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Toronto, knew something bad was coming.
Aidan ChamandyAidan Chamandy is a reporter covering federal policy and parties for The Hill Times.
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