Emily Oster and Alcohol

I wish this response was higher. Both in my first bumper group and here I’m shocked that so many people are more willing to follow Oster’s guidance than the scientific community’s recommendations (although, after 2020 it shouldn’t surprise me that people are unwilling to sacrifice personal freedoms at the behest of science). It’s a small sacrifice to find other ways to wind down when the alternative could potentially be lifelong consequences for your unborn child. This doesn’t mean I won’t take a sip to sample my husband’s drink here and there, but I’ll definitely find other ways to blow off steam than drinking while pregnant.

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