Definitions by Covido

Covid-🇭🇺 

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.

Covid-🇭🇺 by Covido April 10, 2021

Covid-🇭🇰 

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.

Covid-🇭🇰 by Covido April 9, 2021

Covid-🇮🇱 

When the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to help the Palestinian authority contain the coronavirus crisis, not really because he wants to, but because it is impossible to separate Jews and Palestinians there—if one group is affected, both sides will inevitably suffer.

In Israel, PM Netanyahu used Covid-🇮🇱 to avoid being booted out of office and to speed up the annexation of significant parts of the Occupied Territory.

Covid-🇮🇱 by Covido April 8, 2021

Covid-🇰🇷 

When South Korea’s initial success in mitigating infection via effective tracking and selective quarantining without having strict lockdowns later took a blow when cult church leaders lied to the authorities about their members, suspected to be potential vectors of the virus.

South Korea’s approach to containing Covid-🇰🇷 has so far been mixed, with their vaccination exercise only started recently, compared to other Asian countries.

Covid-🇰🇷 by Covido April 7, 2021

Covid-🇸🇪 

When Sweden initially adopted a laissez-faire approach to deal with the coronavirus crisis, by not imposing a lockdown, allowing non-essential businesses to operate, and making physical distancing optional, which resulted in a death rate that is five to six times higher than that of its Scandinavian neighbors.

Sweden’s controversial strategy of aiming for herd immunity while imposing few restrictions on its population to contain the Covid-🇸🇪 crisis had turned out to be a social experiment fiasco for its political leaders—its death rate had led its neighbors to keep their borders closed to the Swedish people and products.

Covid-🇸🇪 by Covido April 7, 2021

Covid-🇹🇼

When Taiwan promises the fifteen countries that still have diplomatic ties with her to help them buy Covid-19 vaccines as long as Taiwanese money is not used to procure China’s home-grown, half-trialed vaccines.

Beijing tried to bribe a number of vulnerable poor nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, by promising to help them with their Covid-🇹🇼 and financial crises if they would just ditch Taiwan for China.

Covid-🇹🇼 by Covido March 24, 2021

Coviderers 

Criminals or money launderers who prey on young people’s Covid-related financial troubles, by hiring them as money mules via fake job adverts, who are given a cut for allowing their bank accounts to be used.

Guesstimate many thousands of coviderers worldwide were involved in the money laundering or muling business in 2020.

Coviderers by Covido March 10, 2021