Marginalization, Vulnerability and Economic Dynamics in COVID-19
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
; 34(3): 319-323, May-June 2021. graf
Artículo
en Inglés
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| ID: biblio-1250104
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ABSTRACT
Abstract COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus family SARS-CoV-2 and declared a pandemic in March 2020, continues to spread. Its enormous and unprecedented impact on our society has evidenced the huge social inequity of our modern society, in which the most vulnerable individuals have been pushed into even worse socioeconomic situations, struggling to survive. As the pandemic continues, we witness the huge suffering of the most marginalized populations around the globe, even in developed, high-income latitudes, such as North America and Europe. That is even worse in low-income regions, such as Brazil, where the public healthcare infrastructure had already been struggling before the pandemic. Cities with even more evident social inequity have been impacted the most, leaving the most socioeconomically disadvantaged ones, such as slum residents and black people, continuously inflating the statistics of COVID-19 sufferers. Poverty, marginalization, and inequity have been well-known risk factors for morbidity and mortality from other diseases. However, COVID-19 has deepened our society's wound. It is up to us to heal it up. If we really care for the others and want to survive as a species, we must fight social inequity.
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Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Determinantes Sociales de la Salud
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COVID-19
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Vulnerabilidad Social
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Evaluación económica en salud
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociales de la salud
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
Asunto de la revista:
Cardiología
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR