2019 (China)
It was dead quiet in the lab, except for the rhythmic swishing sound that the blood centrifuge gave off. “It’s time now.” the professor said, reaching for a black box which was no bigger than a smartphone. The lab assistant received the box as if it were made of the most fragile porcelain. “Yes Mother.”

2022
“The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the Coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 20 January 2020, and later a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 30 March 2021, more than 127 million cases have been confirmed, with more than 2.79 million deaths attributed to COVID-19, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.” (Wikipedia)

2029
At first it looked as if it was mainly the elderly and already sick who suffered most, and died, from the Coronavirus. What happened next no one had anticipated, although the scientists agreed that male sex was one of the risk factors. Only women survived, and reproduction is now done with the help of genetic engineering and cloning.

2035
The earth and climate begin to recover, and all wars have ceased.