"How dire is the reproductive crisis? You’ve said we are on course for an infertile world by 2045…"
"It is serious. If you follow the curve from the 2017 sperm-decline meta-analysis, it predicts that by 2045 we will have a median sperm count of zero. It is speculative to extrapolate, but there is also no evidence that it is tapering off. This means that most couples may have to use assisted reproduction." from:
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"How dire is the reproductive crisis? You’ve said we are on course for an infertile world by 2045…"
"It is serious. If you follow the curve from the 2017 sperm-decline meta-analysis, it predicts that by 2045 we will have a median sperm count of zero. It is speculative to extrapolate, but there is also no evidence that it is tapering off. This means that most couples may have to use assisted reproduction." from:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/28/shanna-swan-fertility-reproduction-count-down
Further reading, very similar topic: https://tsakraklides.com/2025/01/27/the-age-of-the-farmed-consumatron/