The Unequal Pandemic: Covid-19 and Health Inequalities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447361237)

Rated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https: //www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/07/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND 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.

Author: Clare Bambra, Julia Lynch, Katherine E. Smith
ISBN-10: 1447361237
ISBN-13: 9781447361237
Publisher: Policy Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2021
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.12w x 0.55d