IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2933: Discrimination and Social Exclusion in the Outbreak of COVID-19
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082933
Authors:
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Zhou
Nie
He
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.