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Even something one might think would be an equal-opportunity population-reducer like COVID is confounded by socio-economic factors, so it ends up harming those with less access to healthcare more.

Another perspective is whether not doing anything (and by "doing" I mean simple public health measures like free condom distribution and family planning, education about the impact of human population, or, more succinctly, "no Hitler-y stuff") would ultimately yield more harm to minorities as they'd be the first to feel the impacts of population stress.




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