MathPlus's definitions

Trumpol

The name for a little-known FBI unit that unprovenly looks into the corrupt and criminal practices of the 45th President of the United States and his cronies, particularly his shady or bogus businesses worldwide—they want to uncover suspected decades-long money laundering, tax evasion, and illegal foreign donation from rogue politicians or dictators.

Besides probing his business malpractices, and political collusions and treasons with foreign powers, Trumpol investigators are also looking at alleged prostitution or escort activities the ex-president was involved in before he moved into the White House.

by MathPlus June 8, 2021

Vaccine Fundamentalism

When politicians or health authorities exhibit a knee-jerk reaction every time there is an accident or mishap in the vaccination process, because they are afraid that their inaction or perceived ineptitude would incur widespread public condemnation.

Be it someone being accidentally jabbed with three times the stipulated dosage of a vaccine, or a teenager being injected with a shot meant only for adults, vaccine fundamentalism lurks in the minds of health officials, who are answerable for the mistakes of others to pacify an oft-misgiving public.

by MathPlus June 8, 2021

Mask Wearing Syndrome

When people continually wear a face mask daily long after the coronavirus pandemic has been contained—when mask withdrawal causes them psychological pain rather than physical gain.

Guesstimate how many people worldwide suffer from mask wearing syndrome, who need to seek treatment for their withdrawal symptoms.

by MathPlus June 8, 2021

Mask-lite

When vaccinated persons still need to don a mask when they are in crowded places like stadiums and churches, although the odds of them getting infected or infecting others are relatively low—no vaccines can protect them 100% from infection or reinfection.

Mandating a mask-lite strategy in public places, where social distancing is impossible to implement, is likely to be the new normal habit post-pandemic.

by MathPlus June 9, 2021

To Mask or Not to Mask

The moral decision heads of state need to take due to a shortage of face masks in the market, as they don’t want to create a public panic that would lead to mask hoarding, which would endanger the lives of unmasked medical personnel and frontline workers.

With the pandemic crisis worsening, and not wanting to alarm the public by telling them the painful truth of a dearth of mask supply, politically vulnerable heads of state need to make up their minds whether to mask or not to mask the population—which decision would minimize the number of infections and deaths?

by MathPlus June 9, 2021

Vaccine Hypocrisy

When a country blamed other nations for using their own state-funded vaccines to expand their political and economic influence across the world, and now it is doing the same thing, by promising to donate millions of vaccine doses to developing nations to make up for its geopolitical losses, which arose due to fake political leadership.

To counter China’s and Russia’s vaccine diplomacy in the developing world, the US has succumbed to vaccine hypocrisy, as it plans to donate half a billion Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses globally as a desperate attempt to resurrect its comatose leadership on the world stage.

by MathPlus June 10, 2021

Mask Pride

When a country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been quasi-effective partly because citizens and residents understand the importance of wearing a face mask in public squares even though a significant number of them have been fully vaccinated.

Compared to the incompetent US, Brazil, and India responses, China’s success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic could be partially attributed to mask pride and vaccine nationalism.

by MathPlus June 12, 2021