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It was announced yesterday that Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has tested positive for COVID. Throughout the pandemic he has downplayed its seriousness, and has rarely been seen wearing a mask. He constantly says that situation is under control. The news comes as Mexico, in spite of limited testing, has registered record numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths. (With nearly 150,000 deaths Mexico ranks fourth in the world behind the USA. India and Brazil.)
The President is suffering mild symptoms and is in isolation. His age and history of heart disease put him in the high risk category.
Rumors have spread that he is faking his infection in order to gain sympathy amid falling approval ratings in the polls. Others are saying that he had already been vaccinated, and that he will use his illness to downplay the effectiveness of the vaccine in a nation where it is in short supply. I doubt those rumors, and according to what I have read, he had not yet received the first dose of the vaccine.
I do not wish ill upon anyone, but I cannot help but think that karma is getting back at him.
Just saw this this morning.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.improbable.com/2021/01/24/obrador-of-mexico-is-latest-ig-nobel-prize-co-winner-with-covid/
He joins 45 and a few others in winning this Ig Nobel Prize (medical education)
Took me a moment to realize that the article is a satire. :-)
DeleteNot really satire, though. The Ig Nobel Prizes are very real! I've been following the Annals of Improbable Research since a college professor told me about them. One of my favorite winners over the years was for research proving that the five-second rule was a myth. :-)
DeleteI had never heard of the Ig Nobel Prizes before. I sent it to Alejandro, and he got a laugh out of it.
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