[ggm]

It stands out that a worldwide event like coved won't alter the trajectory as far as I an see, on these trends. If i missed something long lasting on the natural reproductive rates of these economies id love to know.

Whats strongly causative of the decline is literacy, especially women's literacy, and women's body autonomy and reproductive rights.

US opposition to WHO and to funding contraception and abortion is (thankfully) being counterbalanced by the gates foundations work, and other funding sources. A pox on the religious right, and American foreign policy.

[X6S1x6Okd1st]

The sheer scale of the natural birth and death rate is hard to comprehend. Most major world events with major death and suffering barely show up in the population chart

[feralimal]

> It stands out that a worldwide event like coved won't alter the trajectory as far as I an see, on these trends. If i missed something long lasting on the natural reproductive rates of these economies id love to know.

And that's a good thing, right?

[ggm]

It would be horrid if covid was visibly altering a long term trend even if it was net beneficial.

[iso1210]

If covid leads to a long term increase in remote work that itself could lead to a change in demographics as people reduce moving to cities and away from family support networks, which could impact on fertility rates.

[mensetmanusman]

The WHO praises China’s perfect handling of imprisoning doctors who discover new virus.