Again, no, it's assisted death. Quite different.

Soda springs geyser: am I a joke to you?

Use this set at home. Really like it! Especially that the forks forces you to eat smaller bites. :)

Fiat 500, my friend.

Except that raising children requires more time and resources than caring for elderly.

Source on this? Doesn't sound right at all. According to my findings after a quick search, LTC (long-term care) takes a significantly higher fraction of OECD countries GDP than e.g. childcare+early education.

https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/PF3_1_Public_spending_on_childcare_and_early_education.pdf

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/cb584fa2-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/cb584fa2-en

Sure, I have no doubt about some people being affected in this way. But the scale that the article is talking about is just absurd, to be honest.

Anecdotally this statistic is just not right, or the hardships of long covid hits people very differently. Most people I know (hundreds) have had covid several times at this point. I know one person who believes to have long covid in a debilitating way.