COVID-19 and the digital divide in the UK
Geoff Watts
Abstract
Any health-care development that doesn't rapidly become available to all individuals has the unintended but inevitable consequence of fuelling health inequality. The response to COVID-19 is no exception. Although we have neither effective drugs or vaccines to deploy, we do have other resources that bear on our capacity to respond to the disease: resources that include digital health-care technologies. Regrettably their benefits are still far from being equitably distributed.
Topics & Concepts
ExploitHealth careCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Digital dividePublic relationsInequalityUnintended consequencesPhenomenonEconomic growthPolitical scienceBusinessMedicineDiseaseInternet privacyInformation and Communications TechnologyEconomicsComputer sciencePathologyQuantum mechanicsLawInfectious disease (medical specialty)MathematicsComputer securityPhysicsMathematical analysisGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology