213 definitions by Covido
When Hong Kong is politically being taken advantage of by China during the pandemic crisis, as the Chinese Communists passed a “security law” to weaken its Western-style political system following months-long pro-democracy protests that had plagued the city.
With the recent arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers in the midst of the Covid-🇭🇰 crisis, Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” governance model suffered a political stroke before deteriorating into a coma.
by Covido April 10, 2021
When China used the cover of coronavirus crisis to tighten its administrative control over Hong Kong, by implementing a new national security law following months-long pro-democracy protests that had plagued the city.
With the recent arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers in the midst of the Covid-🇭🇰 crisis, Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” governance model suffered a political stroke before falling into a coma.
by Covido April 9, 2021
When Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán used the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to come up with an undemocratic act to grab unlimited political power—for example, someone who is spreading false information about the coronavirus could be jailed up to five years.
Under the cover of the Covid-🇭🇺 pandemic, the Orbán government could declare a “state of health emergency” whenever it wanted to crack down on the Opposition.
by Covido April 10, 2021
When employers and factories use the pandemic as an excuse to unfairly terminate workers, or to close the workplaces by offering them zero compensation.
Guesstimate how many migrant workers in the Middle East and in Asia have so far fallen prey to covid exploitation by their unscrupulous employers.
by Covido July 2, 2021
When those without a face mask are swiftly (and sometimes threateningly) escorted out of an event that celebrates the birthday of Christ to protect the well-being of the vaccinated attendees.
At a Christmask party, organized by a pro-Trump alt-right group, the police arrested a dozen-odd “patriots” for improperly or not wearing a mask, and a few others who were caught with a fake vaccine certificate.
by Covido December 4, 2021
When rare or thought extinct parrots and other birds were spotted during the coronavirus pandemic, when most countries were on lockdown, with air pollution and noise pollution then being at their lowest levels in decades.
If 🐬s were spotted in India’s dirty Ganges River during the lockdown, we’d not be too surprised to witness some Covid-🦜 sightings.
by Covido December 12, 2020
A hoax apparently perpetrated by the president himself to confuse the electorate, and to trick the “deep state” in the hope of gaining sympathy votes—meanwhile, he will stay away from public eyes lest his fake infection might be detected.
That Trump is Covid-19⁺ might not secure him enough votes, so this is why his diehard supporters are entertaining the morbid thought that if he were to go into a comatose state and made a Boris Johnson-like comeback, the odds of his getting re-elected would then be sky-high.
by Covido October 2, 2020