> "Population bomb" is not defused, only "birth rate" is decreasing. This is all that needed to be said about the article. The author doesn't (want to) underst

> "Population bomb" is not defused, only "birth rate" is decreasing. This is all that needed to be said about the article. The author doesn't (want to) understand the difference between a number "getting smaller" and the number "increasing less quickly". When someone gains 10 kg in January and then gains 9 kg in February, we don't say that they are losing weight.