The invention of antibiotics and vaccines do not immediately cause declines in birthrate, it’s the distribution of them that does. Why has distribution slowed down and prices of vaccines increased? Because there hasn’t been another competing superpower to challenge the US. No looming war that everyone has to be ready for, no chance some other country can swoop in with a cure they distribute for pennies. Monopoly on an international level. There is a reason why antivaxx/healthcare skepticism has seriously taken off in the past 30 years, same reason as why other sciences like NASA has gotten funding cut.
The invention of antibiotics and vaccines do not immediately cause declines in birthrate, it’s the distribution of them that does. Why has distribution slowed down and prices of vaccines increased? Because there hasn’t been another competing superpower to challenge the US. No looming war that everyone has to be ready for, no chance some other country can swoop in with a cure they distribute for pennies. Monopoly on an international level. There is a reason why antivaxx/healthcare skepticism has seriously taken off in the past 30 years, same reason as why other sciences like NASA has gotten funding cut.