Why Emily Oster Made Her Own COVID-19 Database

PODCAST-19: FiveThirtyEight on the Novel Coronavirus by FiveThirtyEight.com

Dec 11, 202020:15Science & Medicine

Data has been such a valuable commodity during the pandemic. Unfortunately, at times data has been in short supply, because US government agencies haven't always undertaken national data collection efforts. So what happe...

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