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“A Brown University economics professor said she is surprised to hear the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relying on a website she started to promote in-person learning for schoolchildren.”

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/24/health/cdc-schools-coronavirus-website-redfield/index.html">https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/...

A November 20th UNICEF report also references Oster& #39;s data.
https://www.unicef.org/media/86881/file/Averting-a-lost-covid-generation-world-childrens-day-data-and-advocacy-brief-2020.pdf">https://www.unicef.org/media/868...

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently referenced Oster& #39;s data. https://twitter.com/MassGovernor/status/1329832228088590337">https://twitter.com/MassGover...

https://twitter.com/MassGovernor/status/1329832228088590337

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“Oster knows she’ll get blamed if the reopening experiment ends in disaster. In that case, ‘the best I can do is say that I did something I felt was productive and helpful,’ she told me.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-10-08/economist-emily-oster-is-helping-parents-stay-sane-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...