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    1. So when other people read Emily Oster, they think "that COVID minimizing economist." I think that economist who argued that Sub-Saharan Africans failing to avoid getting AIDS was a rational response to shorter lifespans. @lmlauramarsh @jfeldman_epi @thrasherxy @heavyredaction @CarwilBJ/1513962572042616841
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    This argument dovetails with, but was separately published from, her related case that money should not be spent on Africans who already have AIDS because prevention is more cost effective.