| The Unequal Pandemic: Covid-19 and Health Inequalities Contributor(s): Bambra, Clare (Author), Lynch, Julia (Author), Smith, Katherine E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447361237 ISBN-13: 9781447361237 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Policy - Medical | Public Health - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.12" W x 8.58" (0.45 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not discriminate'. This accessible, yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an 'equal opportunity' disease, by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality. Drawing on international data and accounts, it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally, been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally. These inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies, we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future. COVID-19 is an unequal pandemic. |