Chapter 19

Chapter 19

If AIDS and cancer increased and decreased life expectancy I imagine it would change society in such a way where it could result in a good or bad way for the environment.  If the life expectancy for humans decreased there might be a chance for natural resources to recover from our over use. But there is also a downside to that, if there were such a drastic decrease in human life there might not be enough people to harvest or care for the natural resources and it might over grow and that might over populate the world.  A plus side to natural resources not being in short supply/high demand is that the cost would go down. There would be less starving people but more people with disease and cancer.  The people in society would have cleaner air to breathe if there were less humans polluting the air.  

The cost of almost any kind of insurance might sky rocket and most of our money might be used towards medical expenses if it is  cancer and/or AIDS that disable the human race. Birth rates might decrease or it might sky rocket as well, but the birth defects might be greater as well. There might be a higher population of children born with disabilities and AIDS and/or cancer.  This might eventually cause the collapse of human kind.