I cannot believe the answer to "Is it a failure that you didn't have enough tests?" is "No, because who could have predicted this?"
EVERYONE.
Emily Oster
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Emily Oster
@ProfEmilyOster
Data-Driven Pregnancy and Parenting
Economist @BrownUniversity
Author #ExpectingBetter, #Cribsheet, #FamilyFirm, #TheUnexpected
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- I'm appalled by this answer, in part due the the tone. But also it suggests no one is talking about doing this -- free, widely available tests -- even though many other countries are. I just do not get it.
- My mother was impossibly cool, incredibly warm, smart, funny, charming, honest and I owe her approximately everything and then some. I am so sad to say she passed away today after a battle with cancer. My heart is broken. som.yale.edu/profile/profes…
- Me: I am going downstairs to be on MSNBC to talk about the gendered nature of this recession Kids: it is really important you cut our cake first because you are the only person who does it right. There is some lesson here but who can tell what it is
- Kids are low risk. Go ahead and plan the summer. My latest in Atlantic.
- I am not sure I will have another decade quite like this... 2 kids 2 books (250,000 copies!) 18 publications 2 houses 5 moves 2 promotions 1 (epic) tenure denial 1 tenure approval 345,837 times I thought of something better to say after a conversation was over (estimated)
- If you are not an academic, this will seem insane If you are, you will wish to hire this guy. You can’t, though, because he has tenure at Harvard. Tenure announcement: April 2019 | James Mickens mickens.seas.harvard.edu/tenure-announc…
- If you'd have told me as a kid that I'd ever write something which got a page graphic in the NYT I'd have said you were crazy. Feeling very, very lucky today.
- Coming up on day 3 of waiting on a negative PCR so my kid can return to school. This is unacceptable. I have resources/can work from home. But a lot of people do not.
- WTF American Testing Situation. Just WTF.Replying to @michaelmina_lab @nytopinion and 2 othersMy sister lives in London. This is her stockpile of FREE tests. Her son’s school tried to give her more today. She declined. Each box has 7 tests. She has 16 boxes. 112 tests. The US has failed.
- I am leaving active engagement on Twitter. This will be my last set of tweets for the foreseeable future. Although I see a lot of value in information sharing here, I think the recent period has been marked by largely unproductive dialog -- at least around COVID (1/3)
- There is the humblebrag and then there is the straight up brag. This is the second kind. I worked really hard and I ran a 5k PR today in 20:28. I am sharing because I am proud of myself and it’s been a tough time.
- Masking off-ramps are necessary. I will admit I have been reluctant to talk about this, in part due to fear of being yelled at. This wasn't brave. I will try to be braver. Thanks to @JessGrose for writing this.
