On sex and children – Harper’s index:

‘Portion of single Americans who have had sex since the coronavirus pandemic began

3/10

January 2021 • Source: Match (Dallas)

Portion of those single Americans whose sexual partner was a roommate with whom they were not in a relationship

1/4

January 2021 • Source: Match (Dallas)

Percentage of users on Hinge, a dating app, who would enter an exclusive relationship with someone they had only met virtually

37

January 2021 • Source: Hinge (NYC)

Estimated percentage of weddings planned for a date between March and August last year that were rescheduled

52

January 2021 • Source: The Knot Worldwide (Washington)

That were canceled entirely

7

January 2021 • Source: The Knot Worldwide (Washington)

Estimated value of loans taken out by U.S. couples for canceled 2020 weddings

$3,700,000,000

January 2021 • Source: Loanry (Newport Beach, Calif.)

Amount of money that Singapore is offering couples who have a baby during the pandemic

$2,200

January 2021 • Source: Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore

Portion of pregnant women with COVID-19 whose symptoms last for more than two months

1/4

January 2021 • Source: Yalda Afshar, University of California, Los Angeles

Number of children the Trump Administration separated from their parents at the border whose parents have yet to be located

666

January 2021 • Source: ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project (NYC)

Estimated portion of those parents who have been deported without their children

2/3’

Read it here.

Without jumping to conclusions, the wedding industry is alive and kicking.

The wedding industry is also the closest thing we have to potlatch.