• tal@lemmy.today
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    9 days ago

    When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.

    Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

    I very strongly doubt that the limiting factor on the total fertility rate is male infertility.

    EDIT: Also, RFK, Jr., it’s not “3.5%”, “1.6%”, and “2.1%”. It’s “3.5”, “1.6”, and “2.1”, as in, children per woman. Okay, maybe that’s being pedantic, but I’m also not the Secretary of Health and Human Services with speechwriters and a ton of experts advising me announcing focuses in national policy.

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      Today, the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone as a 65-year-old man

      Makes sense. The 65-year-old man is a man, while 50% of the teenagers are girls/women.