The widely speculated “COVID baby boom” caused by the pandemic is likely not going to happen. With every wave of deaths during the 1918 pandemic, fewer children were birthed nine months later. There won’t be many children of the quarn, although many believed the “COVID baby boom” theory based on how frisky couples get during snowstorms and blackouts. As Dixon notes, the baby boom jokes were hard for patients to hear when their in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles were postponed by the pandemic. Ultimately, Dixon hopes people are more mindful before perpetuating the now-debunked baby boom myth.

Source: Huffington Post June 18, 2020 23:37 UTC