This study was released in June, so this may be a repost, but I just found out that one of my friends is a fan of Emily Oster and this is the void I must scream into.

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[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who's Emily Oster?

[–] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

Her wikipedia has a COVID-19 section. She is a think tank head who pushed super hard for school reopening and making masks optional in public. Her credentials for these were she is a liberal economist who graduated from Harvard and taught at the Chicago School of Economics. Her research was at least on "Economics and Health" but she also wrote a book with a section contesting fetal alcohol syndrome's causal sensitivity which was widely panned by anyone who knew anything about it.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Atlantic writer who led the drumbeat on reopening schools. An economist who pretends she’s an authority on public health. Takes money from the Cato Institute to write things that appeal to liberals.

https://proteanmag.com/2022/03/22/motivated-reasoning-emily-osters-covid-narratives-and-the-attack-on-public-education/

https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-162-how-the-data-driven-label-sanitizes-cruel-austerity-politics-9a0e471f12b5

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, was she the monster that started calling for amnesty or some shit?

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, that was her, too.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

gulag

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

To kind, and she'd just spread plague in the Gulag. We need to confine her in a biohazard level four facility and interrogate her about the plans of the Death Guard for the invasion of Terra.