(Found) 50 Years of DecPop (maybe 100) Years of Decreasing Population - Disease / Infection greatly reduces the fertility of mankind

[PaulMmn]

Title is 50 (maybe 100) Years of DecPop (Decreasing Population). Could be a story or a book; I don't remember.

Disease / Infection greatly reduces the fertility of mankind; birth rate much lower than replacement. Buildings not populated by people are torn down as the occupants die off or move to more central facilities. Torn down home sites are turned back into "wilderness."

A comment on another board about the corona virus mentioned that if it were a sci-fi plot, it would render anyone infected sterile. And I remembered DecPop.

 

[otistdog]

Perhaps "70 Years of Decpop" by Philip José Farmer? It's available to read online in full courtesy of the Internet Archive.

 

[PaulMmn]

Ah! Only a few years off! Thank you!

Moderators, please mark this as FOUND! Thanks.

 

[The Judge]

Moderators, please mark this as FOUND! Thanks.

Done!