Stigma and Discrimination During COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Front Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2021 Feb 15

PMID 33585379

Citations 136

Authors

Divya Bhanot

Tushar Singh

Sunil K Verma

Shivantika Sharad

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been instrumental in creating a dramatic shift from people's need to live in mutual association toward a desire to stigmatize distinctive others. Pandemic seems to be causing othering. Stated simply, stigmatization is a social process set to exclude those who are perceived to be a potential source of disease and may pose threat to the effective social living in the society. Based on the secondary evidence collected from news published online or in print, the present article delves into stigma associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among different social groups in the Indian society and the mounting cases of prejudice based on race, class, and religion. It also presents insights into the varied manifestations, and the deleterious consequences of COVID-19 inspired othering brought to its potential targets in India.

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