6/3/20 Stupid Article Or Grim News?

    For year it seems, we have been told that there are too many people on the planet.  We are consuming too many resources and this cannot be sustained.  Along comes this genius from Fort Worth who is saying we are essentially in trouble because humans are not reproducing as fast as we should and that the reality is that we are on a five year downward slope as far as birthrate.  From a big picture, I would think this is great, less humans equal less resources consumed, I don't get what the problem is.
    According to the story, the corona virus is scaring people into not reproducing, and that we haven't even recovered from the financial meltdown of 2008.  Not only is there a fear of the pandemic keeping people from reproducing for fear of the unknown for their unborn children, but there is so much increased unemployment that birth plans are getting put on hold.  I didn't think people really planned families, I just thought they got drunk and "what will be, will be."  Maybe for a small percentage of the population that thinks before reacting this story somehow makes sense, but both my kids were "surprises" for us in that we didn't sit and discuss "Wife, do you think this is a good year to harvest a baby?"  "Why yes Husband, but only if it is a Boy, I hear girls are going to be hot in 2022."
    I know it sounds insulting, but the poor and downtrodden don't think "is it a good time for a baby?"  They get bored, do what humans do when no one is looking, and then act surprised a few months later.  A difference is that the kids are home now and nothing knocks down one's libido like hearing your own kids bitch, moan, and complain.  That could be a reason this catastrophe doesn't lead to more children.  Still, with the news that elective medical procedures are harder to come by, even getting an abortion is more of a pain in the ass than usual, so there is no underlying reason births shouldn't be increasing.  Ooh, I had read that 30-40% of kids are fathered by other men, if so, with everyone home, it does make it harder for Sally to go banging the neighbor or for John to go rendezvous with his sidepiece and accidentally forget to pull out.  This might be a real reason for a population decline, if all the side relationships are kept on ice for so long.  Having the kids at home makes it almost impossible for a decent mom to sneak out or receive company, if even for a quickie.
    Maybe this lady (author of the story) is on to something.  This pandemic is different in that this is the first time kids are affected in that they have been quarantined to stay where the parents usually do their screwing, with or without their spouses.  Even in times of past wars, kids were instructed while in school to duck and cover if their playground was blasted with a nuke, you know, just hide under your desk.  Corona was so scary, everyone was just sent home and told to stay there.  I think the population boom starts in the following summer, after the kids start school in the fall, if they do.  Otherwise, maybe we are in for a shrinking of the American workforce.