When the land of a thousand smiles of 70 million people that shares porous borders with four countries, with 4,000-plus corona cases and 60 deaths so far, is now seeing an outbreak among hundreds of its Myanmar migrants, who work at the Mahachai market—the heart of Thailand's multi-billion-dollar seafood industry.
Will Thailand’s attempts to revive its hard-hit tourism industry, by easing restrictions to allow more foreigners to visit the kingdom, be put on hold again due to the latest Covid-🇹🇭 crisis?
by Covido December 21, 2020
When decision makers from Ministry of Education’s around the world continually fail to walk their talk in raising the quantitative literacy of their citizens—lots of BS promises to make themselves sound keen to improve the numeracy rate of the population without implementing oft-painful or unpopular concrete steps to achieving their goal.
Blah-blah-blah math talks among politicians or publishers are cheap or music to the ears, but hardly ever translate into actions, because keeping their jobs or being profitable prevents them from rocking the mathematical boat.
by Covido November 21, 2021
When wealthy corona patients try to bribe the hospital to short-circuit the waiting time to get vaccinated, who let the doctors decide what to do with their generous contribution: to pocket it themselves, or to donate it to a charity out of fear of being accused of corruption.
A CEO was about to donate $50,000 to the hospital prior to getting a briccine, but withheld the money when told that he wouldn’t get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 or the Moderna dosage, but the Sputnik V shot instead—a proof that not all Covid-19 vaccines are treated equal.
by Covido December 22, 2020
A wealthy individual who doesn’t give a heck about owning a private jet, living in a mega-mansion, wearing clothes made from animal skin, or savoring exotic cuisine in far-distant lands.
Wouldn’t the planet have a break if its filthy rich inhabitants made up their minds to become green billionaires?
by Covido November 18, 2021
A condition whereby some recovering corona patients suffer from cognitive symptoms or delusional disorder—for example, some seniors uncontrollably start spewing out all kinds of lies and conspiracies, or refuse to acknowledge reality.
The president-loser is arguably suffering from post-covid syndrome—is the FDA-unapproved “miracle drug” he took weeks ago now playing tricks on his brain, who is asking his lawyers whether he’d sue the doctors for negligence or incompetence.
by Covido December 07, 2020
When millions of numerically challenged netizens apparently or unexplainably want to read more about the properties of the number six than those of other one-digit whole numbers much to the surprise of mathematicians, psychologists, and even theologians.
Why cybersix attracts so much interest even among math-anxious folks? Are they curious to know more about the six days of creation, as described in the Bible? Do they want to read up about the beautiful properties of the perfect number six? Or, could it be something else that isn’t so obvious to most logical or puritan minds?
by Covido July 22, 2022
When the natives of Easter Island realized that with closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic they could no longer depend on tourism for their survival; as a result, they switched to tapu, an ancient Polynesian tradition that is based on protecting their health, their lives, and their elders’ wisdom, with spiritual restrictions and shared prohibitions at its core.
In the long term, COVID-🗿could be a blessing in disguise for Easter Island—which relies so heavily on mainland Chile for food, and its 100,000-odd annual tourists for income—to be self-sustainable and waste-free.
by Covido December 26, 2020