Covido's definitions

WFH Math

Short for “Working from Home Math.” When home-based teaching and learning of math is felt to be semi-ineffective or unproductive for most teachers and students, who are still banned from schools as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some Puritan or Trumpublican parents wanted Mr. Putins to be fired after he mistyped “WTF Math” instead of “WFH Math” on the WhatsApp Teachers-Parents group.

by Covido March 1, 2022

Covid-🇲🇻

When tourists to Muslim-majority Maldives, where the quality of its health infrastructure is questionable, needn’t serve any quarantine on arrival, but have to bear any medical costs should they be infected with the coronavirus—a catch-22 situation where they are most likely to be buried on one of the islands should they fail to recover even with access to a China-made ventilator.

With India donating their homegrown half-baked vaccine to Maldives as part of their vaccine diplomacy to sideline China, and with the local population getting inoculated, the odds of half-hearted budget tourists facing a Covid-🇲🇻 situation are lower.

by Covido January 21, 2021

Covidosophy

What the pain and suffering of the coronavirus pandemic can teach us about life on this side of eternity, especially what truly matters in this transient life.

Thanks to covidosophy, the oft-avoidable high death toll and political ineptitude of right-wing fake leaders can help us come to terms with the ravages of the pandemic crisis.

by Covido May 11, 2021

Corometery

A small area in the cemetery that has been allocated for those who had died of Covid-19, so that future generations would remember the price their ancestors paid in fighting the pandemic.

Only the wealthy have so far been able to bury their loved ones in a corometery, because the burial space commands a premium price, which is beyond what the common people could afford—who says that death doesn’t differentiate between the rich and the poor?

by Covido November 14, 2020

Covid-🇸🇴

When Mohammedan pirates from Somalia are not only surviving but also thriving during the coronavirus pandemic, as they justify their sea raids on the increasing number of cargo ships passing by their coastal waters because of poverty.

Unlike the Ethiopian and Kenyan seamen whose livelihoods took a nosedive during the lockdown, Somali sea thieves were doing brisk business thanks to Covid-🇸🇴.

by Covido December 25, 2020

2🦠2🦠 MATH

When the mathematical education of millions of students in developing countries, who don’t have access to a computer or the internet, were hard hit by the lockdowns, which forced the authorities to postpone the national exams to 2021—a painful reality that exposes the wide inequality gap between the haves and the have-nots.

With new waves of the coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping many parts of the developed world, how much would 2🦠2🦠 math students be affected in the new year, especially when they’re not likely to be vaccinated before their counterparts in the West?

by Covido November 29, 2020

Make China Great Again!

Also known as “China’s Great Revival.” A slogan by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to restore China to its past glory as one of the greatest civilizations in the world following its defeat and humiliation in colonial and war times, and Mao’s decades-long totalitarian rule that impeded the motherland’s progress economically and scientifically.

Few critics could deny that leveraging on the policies put in place by his previous three predecessors, Comrade Xi has transformed China into a wealthy major power with a modern military and advanced tech sector, while cracking down on political opponents and getting tough on big shady businesses and filthy rich individuals. No doubt, the new emperor is boldly preaching about “Make China Great Again!”

by Covido October 22, 2022