Elon Musk Says Covid-19 Pandemic Caused ‘Baby Bust’ Instead Of Boom

In the latest episode of “Elon Musk On Twitter”, the Tesla chief has expressed his concern over a unique update. Elon Musk shared how the birth rate suffered a bust during the pandemic, contrasting to an expected boom due to the quarantine. Moreover, the SpaceX CEO who is a father to seven, expressed how the surprising fact is a master of concern.

Elon Musk Concerned Over Opposing Pandemic Trend

Musk shared a report on Twitter from Scientific American titled ‘The Pandemic Caused a Baby Bust, Not a Boom’. The report published in 2021, informed that as expected the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t cause a baby boom. The pandemic forced the citizens to quarantine due to the lockdown and the obvious was expected out of the resulting proximity. However, the report informed of the opposite trend observed during the time, in the high-income countries.

Humanity did not evolve to mourn the unborn

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2022

The study was conducted by the Bocconi University in Italy. And it reported that the birth rate in these 22 countries “statistically significant declines in birth rates in the final months of 2020 and first months of 2021, compared with the same period in previous years.” Italy, moreover, took the highest effect witnessing a drop of 9.1 percent. Hungary, Spain, and Portugal followed close by with a decline of 8.5, 8.4, and 6.6 percent respectively. The U.S. saw a decline of 3.8% in the birth rates during the sample span.

Musk’s Stance On Declining Birth Rate And The Resulting Audience Reaction

Elon Musk who recently became a father of his seventh child, daughter Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, or “Y” for short shared the study. His tweet emanated concerns over the facts presented by the recent study. “Humanity did not evolve to mourn the unborn. But we should,” he expressed. Moreover, he added, “I’m talking about not having kids in the first place. That’s the problem.”

Elon, planet earth does not have enough resources for all the species and ecosystems plus 8.000M humans.
Now it isn't the time. Overpopulation is a serious threat, because once it's worst for humans we will mourn for unborn (other) animals that now face extintion. Earth first.

— Ramon Sanromà ???????????? (@dractrek) April 3, 2022

I don't now if is just me, but I don't want to bring kids to this world cause probably in a few years there's no water to feed them, and they are gonna come just to suffer the worst human behavior when water's wars begin.

— Kenneth Espinoza (@Keenny1x) April 3, 2022

Yo. Almost 8 billion people on this planet and 9% live in poverty. That's in the hundred millions. I think it will be OK to back off on the baby making for a while. Work on raising wages and lowering inflation, at a global level, stabilize, then work on breeding again.

— G (@GSayers13) April 3, 2022

Universal healthcare & free higher education would allow peace of mind when deciding whether or not to have babies. Smart women won't make babies to live lives of ignorance & poverty. The costs are staggering. Create a better world into which babies can be born =problem solved. pic.twitter.com/QIta9bnr74

— Eco Travel Maps (@EcoTravelMaps) April 3, 2022

However, the world-leading entrepreneur received some opposing reactions from the audience on his stance. One of Musk’s followers noted that it’s concerning for the rich of the world only, otherwise, the world is suffering from overpopulation. “Rich people only promote having kids because the bigger the population grows the more money the rich make. When in reality this world is already overpopulated and bringing in more people will just make humans go extinct faster,” he wrote.

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