Covid-19, Stigma & Law of the Leper-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Covid-19, Stigma & Law of the Leper

Published:2021-09-20 Issue:3 Volume:1 Page:7-12
ISSN:2693-1176
Container-title:International Journal of Global Health
language:en
Short-container-title:IJGH

Author:

Kofi Gokah Theophilus¹

Affiliation:

1. Cardiff University School of Social Science

Abstract

COVID-19 also known as Corona Virus is a new strain of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease. While its virology is yet to be properly understood, its impact by way of human deaths is well registered. Stigma of infected persons is least mentioned as a ‘sub-strain’ that can push people into social isolation and exclusion (like in the book of Leviticus 13) leading to COVID-19 Related Depression (C-19RD). Using inter-disciplinary approach, this paper seeks to understand how this can happen in a COVID-stricken world.

Publisher

Open Access Pub

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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