If AIDS is killing everyone then why do we see news reports like "The population of the globe will be "x" number of people by such and such a year. This will lead to food shortages and drought etc."
Well no, it won't if we're all dead. So which is it? Are we all going to die from a global pandemic or should we be saving money for $300 boxes of breakfast cereal?
2007-03-20 05:13:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The number of people dying has no bearing on the birthrate? Why not?
That's why unemployment goes down during wars. A dead guy can't flip a burger!
2007-03-20 12:37:25 · update #1
I don't think any reputable source has ever claimed that everybody on Earth was going to die of AIDS. AIDS is killing a lot of people, especially in the developing world, but birth rates there are so high that the global population is still rising. This may lead to the other consequences you described. It is still possible, however, that AIDS or some other disease could experience a deadly surge that would kill enough people to dent global population growth, as the Black Death did in the 14th century.
2007-03-20 05:16:51 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of people dying from aids has very little bearing on the birth rate. More people will be born, so the population will rise
2007-03-20 13:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by kinvadave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. AIDS does not kill in a shorter time than it takes to produce children. But starvation does.
2007-03-20 12:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋