This week only, President Trump sent three f-mails to his administration, with zero apologies to his puzzled staff—it looks like his digital assistant Siri only executed the first part of his request.
by MathPlus October 04, 2018
When ICU patients decide to have a tattoo to remember for the rest of their lives that they were given a second chance to live, when the odds of their recovering from Covid-19 were quasi-zero.
Jeff had a corona tattoo of the green angry-looking coronavirus on his arm, which is often depicted on health pamphlets to warn the public of the risks of not wearing a face mask and not practicing social distancing in public places.
by MathPlus June 26, 2021
When rogue, inept, or corrupt opportunistic politicians downplay the high number of infections and fatalities plaguing their countries, by giving an oft-innumerate or gullible public a faux sense of security, who often loosely follow the health measures in place.
Fake right-wing “leaders” from the United States, Brazil, and India notoriously share a number of common denominators: use race or religion as a trump card, mask the math, and refuse to make social distancing or mask wearing mandatory.
by MathPlus April 02, 2021
When deadlier variants of Covid-19 from different countries compete with each other to see which of them could cause the most damage or pain to earthlings until effective vaccination forces them to journey to other planets.
At the 2021 Corona Olympics, which country is likely to strike gold in both the infection and mortality events? A nation with low vaccination rate; or one that is continually plagued with nationwide protests, where citizens’ personal choices with regard to masking and vaccination overrule any political mandate to protect themselves and others?
by MathPlus July 27, 2021
To inoculate frontline workers and the vulnerable everywhere in the world first, or to vaccinate everybody in the developed world first before vaccinating those in the developing world.
On moral grounds, rich countries face a vaccine dilemma: should they let medical personnel from rogue or dictatorial nations like North Korea and Venezuela be jabbed first before their own people?
by MathPlus March 02, 2021
When people are advised to avoid handshakes to lower the risk of getting infected with Covid-19, but urged to think of alternative ways to greet one another—for instance, they could bump elbows; embrace the Thai wai and say hi in prayer-like posture; or use the “footshake.”
by MathPlus June 29, 2022
Short for “Thou shalt be at least two meters away from each other in public” to minimize the odds of being infected with the coronavirus.
With tens of thousands of diehard Trumpists and hardcore QAnonists in a number of red states selfishly refusing to wear a mask and to practice safe six, is it any surprise that the country has the world’s highest number of corona fatalities and infections?
by MathPlus March 31, 2021