Read as âCovid-delta.â Also known as the B.1.617.2 or âDeltaâ variant. The Indian variant, which is responsible for the second, third, or fourth wave now sweeping many countries, carries 2.61 times the risk of hospitalization within 14 days compared to the UKâs âAlphaâ variant.
A recent study shows that 73% of Covid-đż cases are in unvaccinated people, compared to only 3.7% in people who have been fully jabbed, which suggests that it pays to be inoculated to avoid being infected or reinfected.
by MathPlus June 18, 2021
Get the Covid-đżmug. Someone who grudgingly wears a face mask in public after being fined at least once for failing to do so previously.
After being fined $300 for her first offense and $1,000 for her second offense for refusing to wear a mask in public, Arna is now a repentant maskhĂžle, who has been
warned that a third offense would land her behind bars.
warned that a third offense would land her behind bars.
by MathPlus March 13, 2021
Get the MASKHĂLEmug. When some math geeks celebrate their birthday by having each half of their cake cut into four pieces, with three of them each having an arc length equal to the radius of the cake.
by MathPlus February 06, 2021
Get the Pi Slices of Piemug. Donald Trumpâs pet word for any article or broadcast that exposes his white lies and shady deals, or for anyone who refuses to make him appear smarter or richer than he genuinely is.
Thanks to President Trump, âfake newsâ will probably be his most memorable presidential legacy long after heâs been impeached and imprisoned for branding that phrase in popular culture.
by MathPlus February 01, 2019
Get the Fake Newsmug. The artistic equivalent of ordering a McDonaldâs meal instead of going through the hassle of doing your own cooking at home.
Just as you can enjoy the food prepared by a gourmet chef even if youâre a hopeless cook, so you can appreciate a piece of art even if youâre clumsy at handling a âPaint by Numbersâ kit.
by MathPlus January 08, 2019
Get the Paint by Numbersmug. The sociological equivalent of âWomen Are Crazy, Men Are Stupidââthe unspoken observation about two neighboring frenemies, who are afraid of losing out and who are afraid of dying.
The foreign publisher is consulting its lawyers on whether the Singapore government might ban the sale of âSingaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasi,â which pokes fun at the idiocies and idiosyncrasies of Singaporeans and Malaysians.
by MathPlus June 22, 2018
Get the Singaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasimug. When countries are caught between the desire to open up their borders to lure tourists to their shores and the fear of triggering new waves of infections.
Singapore finds itself in a pandemic purgatory situation: Should it allow thousands of migrant workers back to revive its comatose construction industry, or should it wait until the infection rates in the countries where these workers come from to head south?
by MathPlus March 21, 2022
Get the Pandemic Purgatorymug.