Discrimination and Social Exclusion in the Outbreak of COVID-19

Jun He, Leshui He, Wen Zhou, Xuanhua Nie and Ming He
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Jun He: School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650092, China
Leshui He: Department of Economics, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA
Wen Zhou: School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650092, China
Xuanhua Nie: School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650092, China
Ming He: School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650092, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-4

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: discrimination; social exclusion; coronavirus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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