Texas Tech Professor Would Reconsider Being Atheist if President Trump Dies of COVID-19

LUBBOCK, TX – A professor at Texas Tech University claims that if President Trump would get the Coronavirus then he would quit being an atheist. 

The self-proclaimed conservative watchdog to the nation’s higher education system, Campus Reform, leaked an email sent by a professor at Texas Tech University that stated numerous reasons he believed President Trump was handling the COVID-19 pandemic wrong. 

In the email, Dr. Richard Wigmans, J.F. Bucy Professor of Physics, claims Trump doesn't care about deaths of some because they didn't vote for him. Another claim was that Trump thinks "good riddance of these moochers who suck on the public tit." He finished the email by telling how he was an atheist and that the only way that would change if "President #45 would die as a result of the virus." 

The following is the email that was sent on by Dr. Wigmans. It is unknown what day the email was sent but the time was at 12:08 a.m. 

"Dear colleagues, Three days ago, I updated you on the status of the COVID-19 casualties. As i predicted at that time we would be no. #1 in confirmed cases in a few days. And sure enough that happened already yesterday. I don't understand why the media do not present the data in logarithmic form, because that is how pandemic develop. I attach an updated plot of the number of fatalities. I have included lines that correspond to fixed perceptual increases (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%/day) so that you can compare how the different countries are doing. Korea has now settled on 5%/day. Italy seems to have turned the corner a bit; about two weeks after they introduced very stringent social distancing measures, they are down to a 10-15%/day. But in the USA, we are going full steam ahead, unabated at a rate of 25-30%/day. In that way we will cross the 10,000 death line by next weekend, just as i predicted in my previous message. 10,000 deaths is about the number of all casualties of the 9/11 attacks (2,996) and the wars in Iraq (4,487) and Afghanistan (2,440) COMBINED. But hey, they president says that one week later the whole will be over, we can all attend packed Easter church services and restart the country. Two weeks ago "President #45 [President Trump]" stated that "everything is under tremendous control" and "I give myself a grade 10/10 for the way this situation has been handled." He is not stupid, so what could be possible have meant with that? Here is my personal interpretation of his words. 1) 75% of the deaths are from states that did not vote for me. Why would I do anything for these SOBs? 2) >80% of the deaths are 65 or older. Good riddance of the of these moochers who suck on the public tit (Social Security, Medicare). 3) A scared Congress will provide multi-trillion dollar bailout packages that will generously take care of my beloved stock market and throw in several billion for my family's businesses. In summary: The Art of the Deal. I am personally an atheist, but if #45 would die as a result of this virus, I might reconsider. Let me finally give another prediction, which will take a bit more time before it can be verified. When history will be written about this period, the word "China Virus" will be absent. Instead, we will read about the "Trump Pandemic", the "Trump Deaths" and the "Trump Recession." Please take good care of yourselves and be safe. Dr. Richard Wigmans, J.F. Bucy Professor of Physics. 

Texas Tech University quickily responded to Campus reform with the following statement: 

"Professor Wigman’s personal comments do not represent the views or values of Texas Tech University. This is a personnel matter that will be handled by the department Chair and the Dean of the College. Texas Tech does not disclose personnel actions relating to any of its employees. We remain focused on the health and wellness of all members of our University community throughout this public health crisis."

Dr. Richard Wigmans is the Holder of the J. Fred Bucy and Odetta Greer Bucy Chair in Particle Physics. He has his Ph.D. Physics: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1975), M.S. Physics, Mathematics and Economics: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1971), B.S. Physics, Mathematics and Astrononomy: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1968).