Naslov
Public health and social determinants of the COVID- 19 pandemic measures

Autori
Nola, Iskra Alexandra ; Borovečki, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Social, economic and political construction of COVID-19 / Mitović, Veselin ; Zack, Naomi - Beograd : Institute of Social Sciences, 2023, 34-35

Skup
Social, economic and political construction of COVID-19

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 12.05.2023. - 13.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
COVID-19, crises, state of emergency, vaccination, response, preparedness
(COVID-19, crises, state of emergency, vaccination, response, rreparedness)

Sažetak
The COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last, the world is expecting pandemics in the future, some repeated and some new. A fair and resilient recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic is a must for all countries. Without such recovery, public health and social systems will never be able to operate at full capacity. All the measures used during the pandemic, especially those that obtained extremely good results, must become mandatory parts of the protocols for good pandemics’ preparedness in every country. This pandemic taught us we should never ignore the basic sociological assumptions of the society that we address with crisis measures: its cultural and natural heritage, previous experiences, and historical points of views. Vaccination, as one of the most essential measures in the pandemic, caused the most controversy worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Distinguishing why individuals and groups decided to react by resisting vaccination and why crisis headquarters around the world used the same rhetoric with the same (negative) results in relation to vaccination needs to be studied and put in the context of each society. Also, the institute of the state of emergency proved to be extremely important in some situations, but many countries did not use it still. Furthermore, examples of exaggeration in the pressure on individuals and groups who resisted the vaccination but also other measures, such as banning socialization, must be placed in the context of age, sex, habits, and social environment, to enable more effective management of pandemics in the future. Often, individual or group responses to the measures imposed in crises are in fact classical responses to stress. By connecting the responses by individuals to a stressful situation with the society’s response, it is possible to soften the approach and rhetoric with more significant achievements in future crises. Reactions such as freezing, flopping, befriending, fighting, or fleeing are immediate, automatic, and instinctive responses to fear. If we understand them at all, it could help us to understand the experiences and feelings of the people we address with crisis measures.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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