156 definitions by Covido

When Tanzania’s President cautions health officials against acquiring Covid-19 vaccines, which could harm the people, who should not be used as “guinea pigs”; instead, the faithful Catholic leader recommends prayers and traditional medicine to fight the coronavirus.

When the most powerful country in the world has the highest infection and mortality rates on the planet despite having the means and resources to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which only shows that inept and fake leadership was directly responsible for the millions of infections and ten of thousands of deaths nationwide—when leaders’ priority were on profits and personal interests rather than on people and principles.

When the Facebook page of Venezuelan President-turned-Dictator Nicolás Maduro was frozen after he repeatedly promoted misinformation about the coronavirus, such as claiming with zero evidence that a herbal remedy could cure Covid-19.

When temperature checking is unreliable in detecting those who are infected with the coronavirus but have no symptoms, or in identifying those who have symptoms but show no fever.

When some mainland Chinese provinces are simplistically tempting vaccine skeptics or anti-vaxxers with buy-one-get-one-free ice cream cones if they get jabbed, as part of their carrot-and-stick strategy.

When an inept head of state’s early “Christmas present” to the nation is to implement more draconian measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which is worsening by the day, thus making it virtually impossible for people to meet up during the festive season.

When the odds of a young healthy person—who always wears a face mask and practices social distancing—dying from the coronavirus in a country with low infection and mortality rates are like the chances of someone hitting the jackpot twice at the casino.