When people experienced more mild and moderate side effects, such as more frequent chills, headaches, and muscle pain, after they were jabbed with doses of two different vaccines, compared to being vaccinated with doses of the same vaccine.
Mix-and-match vaccination allegedly gives people longer-lasting immunity, better protection against new variants, or simply gives hospitals the flexibility to swap vaccines should supplies be interrupted.
by MathPlus May 13, 2021
The mantra printed on the badge or T-shirt worn by diehard BJP or Modi supporters, who proudly want to tell the world that they have 100% trust in India’s half-trialed vaccine, which is shunned by developed countries, but reluctantly used by a few developing nations that could not afford or get hold of other vaccines, whose citizens see themselves as guinea pigs.
“I Got My Covaxin Jab” is like the Indian equivalent of “I Got My Sinovac Shot,” with both Indian and Chinese vaccines yet to receive any WHO-approval.
by MathPlus March 25, 2021
The Japanese art of folding a square paper, with orange on one side and white on the other side, into a shape that resembles the Pinocchio-in-Chief.
A number of Trumpublican math educators in some red states are planning a Trumpgami Contest on Pi Day to remember the “educational contributions” of their one-term, twice-impeached, thrice-married ex-president, whose signature helped revoke Common Core Math in their schools.
by MathPlus June 22, 2021
The state when you are making the right or sensible decisions as anyone else—you need to make the "wrong decision," by doing the very opposite to stand out from the crowd.
If you don't want to be trapped, do the unreasonable thing, by taking the "bad decisions"—the safe decision often has boredom, danger, or poverty written all over it.
by MathPlus June 19, 2017
An educator who creates beautiful or elegant math, by mixing and matching ideas from different disciplines to vow their audience—they are neither generalist or specialist, who use creative ways to convey difficult math concepts, or are bewitched to come up with intuitive or elegant solutions to math problems.
If math teachers, editors, and writers thought like a math DJ, the public perception of math being a dull or difficult school subject would be a thing of the past.
by MathPlus August 20, 2021
When mostly corrupt or undemocratic developing countries blame the rich nations for hoarding the vaccines and expect them to fund their vaccination needs on moral grounds, as few could afford to buy them for their own citizens—when beggars become choosers and accusers, and donors are viewed as hoarders and betrayers.
WHO argues that vaccine inequality threatens global Covid-19 recovery, but avoids to address the root causes for the poor health systems plaguing most developing nations.
by MathPlus April 18, 2021
Virtual civil wars continue to be waged on social media since Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory more than two years ago.
by MathPlus January 10, 2019