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Samantha Gluck's avatar

This is tragic...I know this has also been happening here (US) because there are numerous anecdotal reports from OB/GYNs about far fewer pregnant pts and far MORE miscarriages, stillbirths, etc. But, you know, our media can’t be bothered to report this or investigate.

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Amy Sukwan's avatar

This is a great overview of data and I will be linking it a little later. I have been trying to dig up the birth data in Thailand in the past few months I have been getting a data error no matter what birth data I try to generate. Deaths are up. Databases in many countries in Asia are actually pretty robust: updated monthly with relatively little lag reporting, once you navigate the language differences. The last births data I was able to download was through August 2022 in Thailand and it is around a 10% average drop: July 2021 to July 2022 was a 17% drop, but August 2021 through August 2022 was only a 2.2% drop, if memory serves me. Deaths data shows a rise of 8% from 2021 through 2022 month of October. The rising death data also shows that lag reporting is not the likely issue in Thailand, as if it was, both births and deaths would be down for the most recent months. Now the US CDC did update their births report through 2021: it showed a rise in births from 2020 all time low fertility, punctuated by a rise in Hispanic and White women. It is frustratingly difficult to get updated statistics on 2022 in the USA that report won't come out until May of 2023. The drop in other countries in Asia is also pronounced as reported by Igor Chudov: 17% in South Korea, 20% in Taiwan, around 10% in Japan. This is indeed a global and very pressing issue...

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