I predict a Baby Boom in the next six to nine months. With millions of people “quarantined” at home, “self-isolating” under “Stay Home / Stay Safe” orders such as here in Washington and in other states from coast-to-coast across the United States, I anticipate that there will be a tsunami of new babies arriving in the coming months.
With so many people spending so much time at home and with so many restrictions on ‘other’ activities, I’d be willing to bet that there will be a corresponding increase in the number of newborns arriving in the months ahead — far more than would have been expected if the pandemic had not hit and affected every aspect of our lives.
Hospitals are already nearing capacity with increased patient census due to COVID-19 patients. One such example was reported in The News Tribune’s Thursday, August 13, 2020 edition.
Joint Base Lewis McChord is reportedly, “… telling some pregnant women they cannot give birth on base because there are too many patients and not enough staff.” Read the full story here (copy and paste the link into your browser) https://lnkd.in/guV6Evf
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Jaynie,
I have been thinking along those same lines. Babies . . . make love not squabble . . . but also spousal and children abuse or murders. I would like to see those stats.
Thanks for the commentary!!!
Don
Jaynie, You know that only my youngest is married. The twins are not even able to even DATE in C-19 months. This dating on-line isn’t all that real at times, even tho Skype and Voom are at least giving you a look at what is current and a 10 yr old photo. BUT…… I look forward to getting back to them finding a decent date let alone their ‘forever’ person.
A Prediction from “Jaynie Jones”.
The population boom that followed WWII was understandable. Contraception was not yet mainstream. An economic system was suddenly flush with cash and good will, neither of which are in abundance now.
Still… Hopefully there will be enough of an uptick to replace the 1000 we are losing every day to a disease that could have been prevented.
I hope so. we have dire predictions of no young peole having babies. We need babies to grow into adults. take the jobs we are still doing.
U.S. birthrates declined during the Great Depression. Birthrates began to rise in 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and more people became hopeful. The birthrate soared with the end of World War II in 1945, as Americans became more optimistic about their abilities to have families and keep their children fed and housed.