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The Global Vaccine Divide

When a number of Western countries would not allow travellers who have been jabbed with vaccines not manufactured in the West to enter, because the quality or efficacy of those allegedly “Eastern shots” is suspicious.

If the global vaccine divide were to be enforced, which means that vaccines like Covishield, Sinovac, Sinopharm, and Sputnik V wouldn’t be recognized in the EU (and possibly in the US), how much would global tourism or economy be decimated? Would the “vaccine apartheid” perpetrated by the West potentially usher in a World War III?

by MathPlus July 2, 2021

Corona Horrorscope

The hypothesis that people of certain astrological signs are more prone to die from, or be infected with, the coronavirus regardless whether they believe in horoscope or not.

Paranormal researchers are struggling to get the astrological make-up of those who worked for the Trump administration to divine a corona horrorscope chart for folks who believe that there is a correlation between infection (or death) and astrology.

by MathPlus August 24, 2021

Formula Feeding

The substitute for breastfeeding, where bottlefed babies are more likely to develop asthma and diabetes than their breastfed counterparts, and the risks of nursing moms having breast cancer are lower—nothing to do with math teachers spoonfeeding students with formulas as a shortcut to painful teaching.

Unlike in breastfeeding, when the father is 100% absent, in formula feeding, both father and mother have a 50% chance of developing an early bond with the baby.

by MathPlus June 24, 2021

Covid-🐍

When people in some places are more likely to be bitten by a snake or cobra during a lockdown than contracting the coronavirus—these venomous reptiles are being spotted more frequently as they search for smaller or middle sized animals, which have moved away from their natural habitat, to survive.

Due to frequent lockdowns in a number of cities in China, people are more afraid of Covid-🐍 than Covid-19.

by MathPlus July 5, 2022

#Pray4SgMath

The hashtag US homeschoolers want to unleash to their Twitter followers, as they hope that their prayers might prevent President Trump from imposing a tariff on imported Singapore math books, who wants to make Common Core math great again.

Christian educators and parents are sms-ing and tweeting #Pray4SgMath to fellow believers, as they’ve faith that their answered prayers would prevent Donald Trump from politicizing the K–12 math education, by making Singapore math titles wallet-friendly.

by MathPlus December 4, 2018

f-mail

An email that the sender forgets to include the attached file meant for the recipient.

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 4, 2018

Covidom

When an inmate’s last day coincides with the last day of the country’s lockdown, which makes them feel like they are experiencing double freedom as they enter their next phase of their life.

Don scribbled tally marks on the prison’s wall to count down the days to covidom.

by MathPlus May 14, 2021