Emily Oster

Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University. She is the author of Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool, and organizer of COVID-Explained.

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Omicron Changes Everything Only if You Thought That COVID Was Over
Emily Oster
Dec 10, 2021 3:42 PM
We Need to Admit Masking Kids at School Has Some Downsides
Emily Oster
Nov 08, 2021 3:50 PM
Yes, You Can Have Thanksgiving This Year
Emily Oster
Oct 21, 2021 12:53 PM
Why (and How) You Should Be Using Rapid COVID Tests
Emily Oster
Oct 08, 2021 5:45 AM
How the Delta Variant Should Change Parents’ Plans This Summer
Emily Oster
July 13, 2021 12:44 PM
How to (Try to) Talk Your Family Into Getting Vaccinated
Emily Oster
March 29, 2021 4:50 PM
What Can Families Do When Adults Are Vaccinated and Kids Are Not?
Emily Oster
March 10, 2021 2:31 PM
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How to Think About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine’s Efficacy
Emily Oster
March 08, 2021 3:57 PM
How the Pandemic Will End, Starting Now
Emily Oster
Dec 10, 2020 4:04 PM
We’re Thinking About School Closings and Reopenings Wrong
Emily Oster
Nov 17, 2020 9:00 AM
Three Steps to Deciding How to Have a Safe-Enough Thanksgiving
Emily Oster
Oct 14, 2020 9:00 AM
A Study Shows Children Can Carry Tons of Virus. What Does That Mean for Schools?
Emily Oster
Aug 05, 2020 11:26 AM
What Day Cares and Summer Camps Can Tell Us About Reopening Schools
Emily Oster
July 31, 2020 9:35 AM
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We Need to Reopen Schools. Here’s What It Would Take.
Emily Oster
July 02, 2020 2:14 PM
What We Know—and Really Don’t Know—About the Future of COVID-19 Vaccines
Jonathan D. Herman and Emily Oster
June 22, 2020 5:50 AM
Do Coronavirus Superspreaders Exist?
Emily Oster
June 01, 2020 4:54 PM
How to Think Through Choices About Grandparents, Day Care, Summer Camp, and More
Emily Oster
May 20, 2020 4:36 PM
What Does an Antibody Test False Positive Mean? What About 5,000 of Them?
Emily Oster
May 10, 2020 6:00 AM
We Can’t Get a Handle on the Coronavirus Pandemic Without Random Testing
Emily Oster
April 17, 2020 1:26 PM
For Pregnant Women Who Are Scared of Hospitals Right Now, Is Switching to Home Birth Better?
Emily Oster
March 29, 2020 4:19 PM
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