From AIDS to COVID-19: the interplay between dual pandemics in social perceptions of disease.

IF 1.8 3区 医学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI:10.1080/13691058.2024.2401006
Robert Wyrod, Matthew Bravo
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This paper is one of the few to examine how people who have lived through both COVID-19 and AIDS understand these pandemics in relation to each other. Data were collected in Uganda, and we found that the AIDS epidemic proved to be a key reference point for people in explaining why COVID-19 was perceived as so worrisome. In addition, AIDS-related stigma was a problematically common frame when discussing responsibility for HIV versus SARS-CoV-2 infection, and there was evidence of some forgetfulness regarding the toll AIDS had taken on the country. More positively, the legacy of AIDS made many people more attentive to social inequalities tied to health risks, and this at times prompted a more nuanced understanding of the socially varied effects of COVID-19. Overall, we argue that how individuals respond to a novel epidemic is shaped not only by their understandings of current threats but also by enduring perceptions of epidemics and pandemics that may have preceded it.

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从艾滋病到 COVID-19:双重流行病在社会疾病观念中的相互作用。
本文是为数不多的研究经历过 COVID-19 和艾滋病的人如何理解这两种流行病相互关系的论文之一。我们在乌干达收集了数据,并发现艾滋病流行是人们解释 COVID-19 为何如此令人担忧的一个关键参照点。此外,在讨论艾滋病毒和 SARS-CoV-2 感染的责任时,与艾滋病相关的耻辱感是一个常见的问题框架,而且有证据表明,人们对艾滋病给国家造成的损失有所遗忘。更积极的是,艾滋病的遗留问题使许多人更加关注与健康风险相关的社会不平等现象,这有时会促使人们对 COVID-19 的各种社会影响有更细致的了解。总之,我们认为,个人如何应对一种新的流行病,不仅取决于他们对当前威胁的理解,还取决于他们对流行病和大流行病的持久看法。
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