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505. Did Domestic Violence Really Spike During the Pandemic?

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Predicting a Coved Baby Bust

Experts had also predicted the pendemic would have a big effect on fertility rates in the us. But guess what actually happened? Not only did the us birth rate not plum it last year, as predicted, it rose by one %. It was the first increase in the us Birth rate in more than seven years.

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