When people blindly or religiously follow the directives of the authorities to wear a face mask at all times, as two barriers are debatably better than one—the sick person wears one, and the well person also wears one to protect themselves and others regardless of where they are in public at any time of the day, and whether they are alone or not.
Are these examples of mask mania? Cab drivers sitting in car by themselves wearing masks. People walking their dogs outdoors wearing masks, and nobody near them. People wearing masks at home, because they want to protect their pets.
by MathPlus June 17, 2021
When Chinese at their annual family reunion dinner held before or during the Lunar New Year of the Ox are banned from screaming auspicious or superstitious phrases at each other to minimize the odds of corona infection, but are encouraged to play pre-recorded good-luck or prosperity messages instead.
In the Year of the Covidox, dozens of diners had their non-Chinese neighbors report them to the police for noise pollution, and for failing to wear a mask while broadcasting their deafening auspicious greetings.
by MathPlus February 04, 2021
When a country registers not even one local, foreign, or imported case of corona infection or death.
When a vaccine became available, how long would most developed countries have to wait before they’d celebrate Day Zero?
by MathPlus November 11, 2020
The land of military coups, with army generals protecting the aristocracy and the wealthy in Bangkok, when the rich and powerful feel threatened by political parties that support the farmers and villagers.
Thailand has the world's most number of temples, but it's usually its sex industry and beautiful beaches that attract budget-conscious tourists to this land of a thousand smiles.
by MathPlus August 23, 2017
The fake news that distract us through our personal devices, which we seldom stop to question, because of our impatience and laziness to think critically.
If American voters had known that all the disinformation on social media during the presidential campaign were fabricated thanks to Putin and gang to increase the odds of Donald Trump becoming President, the world wouldn’t have been so chaotic and pessimistic today.
by MathPlus December 10, 2018
An unofficial mantra that morally bankrupt or ethically challenged Trumpublicans and QAnonists should have taken heed of, but were too conceited and dumb to realize that those invisible deadly viruses and their variants were smarter than them.
That “Covid is not stupid” has yet to sink in among Trump’s patriots and diehard supporters is no surprise considering the relatively high rate of infection and of mortality in most red states—a positive correlation between stupidity and mortality is hard to discount.
by MathPlus January 18, 2022
One of the brightest, honest, selfless, and wisest US heads of state of all times (after King Solomon), except that all these self-declared qualities about him are false.
Donald J. Trump is one such political character who pops up once every century or two to exhibit the dark side of humanity—how to notoriously stand out from the dishonest or immoral crowd, by being the worst of the worst—if you can’t be really good, be really bad to the nth degree.
by MathPlus December 22, 2020