A reading in the Corona pandemic Covid-19 repercussions Social Stigma as a Model

Abstract

The issue of social stigma comes as an extension to the Coronavirus pandemic repercussions in terms of the effects it has on all social levels, and the expression of the society’s inability to create adaptive mechanisms to the effects imposed by the pandemic in an accelerated and unprecedented time context in its psychological, social, health, informational dimensions, etc. This resulted in exclusionary practices that embodied the most important manifestations of social stigma and symbolic violence towards the individuals suspected of being infected, infected individuals, health-care providers, as well as the recovered individuals, as a result of the health requirements imposed (home quarantine, health isolation, physical distancing, etc), which promoted blaming, discriminatory behavior and racism, and social exclusion and marginalization. In detail, our research aims at introducing the social stigma associated with the Coronavirus pandemic of multiple dimensions in view of its manifestations, causes, consequences and repercussions, strategies, and possible solutions to reduce it, and as a forward-looking vision for the features of the post-pandemic phase.