Comments on: Looking At Birth Rates 9 Months After Lockdown https://bernews.com/2021/07/looking-at-birth-rates-9-months-after-lockdown/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: LOL (original) https://bernews.com/2021/07/looking-at-birth-rates-9-months-after-lockdown/#comment-5483377 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:19:53 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1075965#comment-5483377 It’s actually a global phenomenon. 3rd and fourth wave feminism is to blame IMO. In the Bermuda context

“we chased away 5,000 or so professional ex pats” nothing to do with our birth rate but the shrinking tax base I agree it is a factor.

LOL

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2021/07/looking-at-birth-rates-9-months-after-lockdown/#comment-5482429 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 19:42:11 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1075965#comment-5482429 “Bermuda’s birthrate is already in steady decline over the past decade. In 2012 and 2013, 648 and 651 births were recorded, respectively.”

Imagine that, only a few years after we chased away 5,000 or so professional ex pats the birth rate (and tax base) declined. Who could have predicted such a thing?

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