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(Teaser)

We speak with journalist Rachel Cohen and epidemiologist Abby Cartus about the media's rush to emphasize scientific certainty on covid transmission in schools, from a recent JAMA commentary headlines mislabeled as "CDC guidance" to a Rockefeller Foundation report based on Emily Oster's dashboard.

Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept. Follow her on twitter @rmc031

Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Follow her on twitter @AbbyCScience

Runtime 1:11:23

DP EP 224, 1 February 2021

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