Discrimination and Social Exclusion in the Outbreak of COVID-19
Jun He, Leshui He, Wen Zhou, Xuanhua Nie, Ming He
2020International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health215 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF
Abstract
This paper is aimed to document the observed social exclusion and discrimination in the outbreak of COVID-19 across the world and inside of China. Discrimination and social exclusion has occurred in various forms, while 25.11% of respondents overseas experienced discrimination in the breakout of COVID-19, and 90% of respondents inside of China exhibited discriminatory attitudes. The discrimination and social exclusion also lead to a range of damaging social outcomes. Thus, this is an urgent call for the inclusiveness in policy and media in the face of this public health emergency.
Topics & Concepts
Social exclusionOutbreakCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)ChinaBreakoutSocial distance2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Public healthPandemicPolitical scienceCriminologySociologyDemographic economicsSocioeconomicsEconomic growthBusinessMedicineVirologyEconomicsDiseasePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)FinanceLawNursingCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts