Mona Nemer says : “It was maybe one of my first acts of civil reform or not to say disobedience,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer says : “The expectation was to be in the top of the class and if you weren’t, then you’d have to explain why,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer says : “This whole environment was so cosmopolitan, so open to the world,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer told : “This is an incredibly important time for science to be impacting and influencing our policies and our future,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I hope we can build on this to maintain the relationship, certainly in Canada, that we have developed between scientists and policymakers,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I think what this pandemic has taught us is the critical importance of maintaining connectivity in terms of both science, research, development, but also science advice,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “in terms of what association can look like,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “To my knowledge, the importance [for] Canada [of] working with the EU in the context of Horizon Europe has not diminished. On the contrary, we’ve seen the importance [of] working together to speed [up] finding solutions to complex problems,” “Today, it’s a pandemic, tomorrow maybe an environmental crisis. Plus, we don’t need to wait for a crisis to be working together”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We simply don’t have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we have variants of the virus that are emerging,”

TorontoStar Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:32:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We simply don’t have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we have variants of the virus that are emerging,”

TorontoStar Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:21:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : ”I’m not aware of data that that would support a four-month delay,”

theglobeandmail Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:44:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

cknw Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:13:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

globalnews Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:11:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

cknw Wednesday, March 3, 2021 1:51:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I think that it's possible to do it. But it amounts right now to a basically population level experiment. And I think it needs to be done as we expect clinical trials to be carried out,"

CBC Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:39:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "For now, we simply don't have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we think that we have variants of the virus that are emerging that are not as well recognized by the vaccine,"

CBC Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:39:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I think that it's possible to do it. But it amounts right now to a basically population level experiment. And I think it needs to be done as we expect clinical trials to be carried out,"

CBC Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "For now, we simply don't have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we think that we have variants of the virus that are emerging that are not as well recognized by the vaccine," "Partial immunity is something that people need to be very wary of. And it's probably best to just vaccinate as recommended and as studied for now"

CBC Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “It is unlikely that we have ever seen this before, (a situation) where real-time science is influencing government policy,”

montrealgazette Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:40:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “This is something that is not just theoretically damaging but can actually damage your well-being. So I am concerned about this, and there’s not an easy solution,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “The important gave way to the urgent,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We thought that we could be, perhaps, a bit more spared than other countries,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I think this is actually a very dangerous thing that we have to make sure doesn’t happen. The reason we’re able to mobilize and to fight COVID is because of totally unrelated things that we have funded in the past and we have done in the past — whether it’s in physics, or math, or basic virology, or medicine,” “When I put together my expert committee, I couldn’t have COVID-19 experts — the virus didn’t exist, and the disease didn’t exist. However, I called upon folks who are infectious disease specialists, who are virologists, mathematicians, epidemiologists”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer déclaré : «On voit qu’ils augmentent les tests parmi les résidents des CHSLD, mais ils n’augmentent pas à un niveau suffisant le dépistage chez les travailleurs [de la santé]»

journaldemontreal Friday, October 2, 2020 3:58:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I hope it will raise many questions that we will ask ourselves and have a national dialogue around our values and around also maybe how technology can help us better care for each other, care for others and use it to stay connected, use it to ensure better health for everyone,” “I think there are going to be a lot of very interesting take-home messages from this unfortunate situation”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:39:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I would have expected to see a plan, but I haven't seen one. And yet, I have asked for it several times,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:47:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:47:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I would have expected to see a plan, but I have never seen a plan. And yet, I have asked for it several times,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “It makes a huge difference in terms of how you manage the disease, and manage living with the disease,”

theglobeandmail Saturday, May 2, 2020 3:55:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "Presently, we're doing over 10,000 tests a day and they vary from province to province. I would say that we probably need to be doubling, if not tripling, that number,"

CBC Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "The testing is very important because it's going to give us the needed data and that is, I think, at the heart of this fight against the virus,"

CBC Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer says : “It was maybe one of my first acts of civil reform or not to say disobedience,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer says : “The expectation was to be in the top of the class and if you weren’t, then you’d have to explain why,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer says : “This whole environment was so cosmopolitan, so open to the world,”

thenational Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:37:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer told : “This is an incredibly important time for science to be impacting and influencing our policies and our future,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I hope we can build on this to maintain the relationship, certainly in Canada, that we have developed between scientists and policymakers,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I think what this pandemic has taught us is the critical importance of maintaining connectivity in terms of both science, research, development, but also science advice,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “in terms of what association can look like,”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “To my knowledge, the importance [for] Canada [of] working with the EU in the context of Horizon Europe has not diminished. On the contrary, we’ve seen the importance [of] working together to speed [up] finding solutions to complex problems,” “Today, it’s a pandemic, tomorrow maybe an environmental crisis. Plus, we don’t need to wait for a crisis to be working together”

sciencebusiness Thursday, March 4, 2021 10:48:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We simply don’t have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we have variants of the virus that are emerging,”

TorontoStar Thursday, March 4, 2021 3:32:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We simply don’t have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we have variants of the virus that are emerging,”

TorontoStar Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:21:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : ”I’m not aware of data that that would support a four-month delay,”

theglobeandmail Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:44:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

cknw Wednesday, March 3, 2021 6:13:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

globalnews Wednesday, March 3, 2021 5:11:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer added : “So I think we need to maintain some humility in the face of this evolving science and to maintain public trust, that we be open and transparent about the data that is being used for decision-making,”

cknw Wednesday, March 3, 2021 1:51:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I think that it's possible to do it. But it amounts right now to a basically population level experiment. And I think it needs to be done as we expect clinical trials to be carried out,"

CBC Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:39:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "For now, we simply don't have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we think that we have variants of the virus that are emerging that are not as well recognized by the vaccine,"

CBC Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:39:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I think that it's possible to do it. But it amounts right now to a basically population level experiment. And I think it needs to be done as we expect clinical trials to be carried out,"

CBC Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "For now, we simply don't have enough data that tells us this is an effective strategy, particularly when we think that we have variants of the virus that are emerging that are not as well recognized by the vaccine," "Partial immunity is something that people need to be very wary of. And it's probably best to just vaccinate as recommended and as studied for now"

CBC Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “It is unlikely that we have ever seen this before, (a situation) where real-time science is influencing government policy,”

montrealgazette Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:40:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “This is something that is not just theoretically damaging but can actually damage your well-being. So I am concerned about this, and there’s not an easy solution,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “The important gave way to the urgent,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “We thought that we could be, perhaps, a bit more spared than other countries,”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I think this is actually a very dangerous thing that we have to make sure doesn’t happen. The reason we’re able to mobilize and to fight COVID is because of totally unrelated things that we have funded in the past and we have done in the past — whether it’s in physics, or math, or basic virology, or medicine,” “When I put together my expert committee, I couldn’t have COVID-19 experts — the virus didn’t exist, and the disease didn’t exist. However, I called upon folks who are infectious disease specialists, who are virologists, mathematicians, epidemiologists”

TorontoStar Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer déclaré : «On voit qu’ils augmentent les tests parmi les résidents des CHSLD, mais ils n’augmentent pas à un niveau suffisant le dépistage chez les travailleurs [de la santé]»

journaldemontreal Friday, October 2, 2020 3:58:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “I hope it will raise many questions that we will ask ourselves and have a national dialogue around our values and around also maybe how technology can help us better care for each other, care for others and use it to stay connected, use it to ensure better health for everyone,” “I think there are going to be a lot of very interesting take-home messages from this unfortunate situation”

TorontoStar Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:39:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 6:13:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I would have expected to see a plan, but I haven't seen one. And yet, I have asked for it several times,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:47:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:47:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer told : "I would have expected to see a plan, but I have never seen a plan. And yet, I have asked for it several times,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "I can understand that we weren't ready, but we've been talking about it for two months now,"

CBC Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mona Nemer said : “It makes a huge difference in terms of how you manage the disease, and manage living with the disease,”

theglobeandmail Saturday, May 2, 2020 3:55:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "Presently, we're doing over 10,000 tests a day and they vary from province to province. I would say that we probably need to be doubling, if not tripling, that number,"

CBC Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT

Mona Nemer said : "The testing is very important because it's going to give us the needed data and that is, I think, at the heart of this fight against the virus,"

CBC Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT