And it is looking like a half a million less old folks too, just in the US.
If you're pronatalist in your population ethics, this is really sad. Half a million fewer future happy humans will exist, just in the US, because of the pandemic.https://www.brookings.edu/research/half-a-million-fewer-children-the-coming-covid-baby-bust/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …
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And this doesn’t include that singles aren’t meeting or dating so marriages and partneships are delayed. Plus, fertility treatments have been delayed.
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I feel like they’re discounting all the irresponsible millenials and gen z’s who were on lockdown with nothing better to do but have sex. There will be many births to come from that.
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Some of the births will just be delayed. Others won't.
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Aren’t they likely deferred rather than denied?
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"Future happy humans"? Where did you get that idea? How can this be anything other than a good thing?
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You find nothingness preferable? Leaving aside population replacement, of course.
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