The academic left, human geography, and the rise of authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic

Simandan, Dragos; Rinner, Claus; Capurri, Valentina

doi:10.1080/04353684.2023.2168560

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“…Implementing non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) was, therefore, the most efficient public health response to the outbreak [38,199,200]. NPIs included early case detection and isolation, in-depth contact tracing of suspected secondary cases, travel prohibitions, tight contact reductions, physical segregation, increased cleanliness, and routine hand washing [201]. Closing non-essential public areas, services, and facilities was one of these strategies.…”

Section: Non-pharmacological Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to modelling projections, integrated NPIs are anticipated to have the biggest and fastest impact on reducing the reproductive number and slowing the rate of viral transmission if they are adopted early in the outbreak [199,202,203]. The creation of efficient treatment interventions and vaccines is made possible using the knowledge gained from these NPIs, which are interim measures while the effort to better understand viral genomes continues [38,201].…”

Section: Non-pharmacological Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unravelling Insights into the Evolution and Management of SARS-CoV-2

Mushebenge,

Ugbaja,

Mbatha

et al. 2024

BioMedInformatics

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Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the brand-new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has claimed a sizable number of lives. The virus’ rapid spread and impact on every facet of human existence necessitate a continuous and dynamic examination of its biology and management. Despite this urgency, COVID-19 does not currently have any particular antiviral treatments. As a result, scientists are concentrating on repurposing existing antiviral medications or creating brand-new ones. This comprehensive review seeks to provide an in-depth exploration of our current understanding of SARS-CoV-2, starting with an analysis of its prevalence, pathology, and evolutionary trends. In doing so, the review aims to clarify the complex network of factors that have contributed to the varying case fatality rates observed in different geographic areas. In this work, we explore the complex world of SARS-CoV-2 mutations and their implications for vaccine efficacy and therapeutic interventions. The dynamic viral landscape of the pandemic poses a significant challenge, leading scientists to investigate the genetic foundations of the virus and the mechanisms underlying these genetic alterations. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed as the pandemic has developed, covering various subjects like the selection pressures driving mutation, the possibility of vaccine escape, and the consequences for clinical therapy. Furthermore, this review will shed light on current clinical trials investigating novel medicines and vaccine development, including the promising field of drug repurposing, providing a window into the changing field of treatment approaches. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the virus by compiling the huge and evolving body of knowledge on SARS-CoV-2, highlighting its complexities and implications for public health, and igniting additional investigation into the control of this unprecedented global health disaster.

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Section: Non-pharmacological Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Non-pharmacological Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unravelling Insights into the Evolution and Management of SARS-CoV-2

Mushebenge,

Ugbaja,

Mbatha

et al. 2024

BioMedInformatics

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“…Finally, international research is urgently needed as publics, including (future) clinicians, reflect upon and perhaps continue to struggle with ‘the social harms of pandemic mismanagement’ (Briggs et al, 2021). Such research might explore matters ranging from scapegoating and the forms of distress associated with COVID-19 control measures to how ‘pandemic psychology’ (Monaghan, 2020), ‘the rise of authoritarianism’ (Simandan et al, 2023) and pharmaceuticalisation are entangled with the fundamental causes of health inequalities. Crucially, when undertaking such research we would also emphasise critical social policy analysis, and, in so doing, interrogate discriminatory state-backed responses that risk fuelling ongoing divisiveness and discord in these already troubling times.…”

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COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Ireland's healthcare students

Monaghan

Begley

2023

Critical Social Policy

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International debate on COVID-19 policy issues, notably negative social consequences, is vital when grappling with the pandemic legacy. Drawing from the second author's experiences in the Irish healthcare and higher education sectors, this commentary scrutinises measures that discriminated against students who declined novel COVID-19 pharmaceuticals. In so doing, it serves as a point of contrast to fear-based interventions. Connections are made with relevant literature when urging those in authority to ensure that policies intended to maximise vaccine coverage are seen to be fair and convincing. The commentary concludes with some reflections that could underpin more defensible policymaking and inform future research.

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“…Invariably, the data, which are taken from the WHO, show a respiratory disease cycle that is seemingly independent of public health interventions. While these charts can be viewed as oversimplified and will not replace substantial statistical analyses, they certainly inspire questions about the authoritarian nature of the Western pandemic response [70] and the safety of face masks [71]. Pandemic open data have repeatedly been misused by governments and media, for example, to conjure a "pandemic of the unmasked" during rising infections, in order to push for interventions without proper debate.…”

Section: The Pandemic Of the Unmaskedmentioning

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Pandemic Open Data: Blessing or Curse?

Rinner

2023

Preprint

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<p>The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic spawned an abundance of open data originally collected by local public health agencies, then aggregated, enriched, and curated by higher-level jurisdictions as well as private corporations such as the news media. The COVID-19 datasets often contain geospatial references making them amenable to being presented cartographically as part of map-centered dashboards. Pandemic open data have been a blessing in that they enabled independent scientists and citizen researchers to verify official proclamations and published narratives related to COVID. In this chapter, however, we demonstrate that these data also are cursed with serious issues around variable definitions, data classification, and sampling methods. We illustrate how these issues interfere with unbiased public health insights and instead support narratives such as the “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Nevertheless, open data can serve as a tool to counter dominant narratives and state-sanctioned misinformation. To advance this purpose, we need to demand disaggregated data with transparent metadata and multiple classification schemes.</p>

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The academic left, human geography, and the rise of authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 13 publications

References 188 publications

Unravelling Insights into the Evolution and Management of SARS-CoV-2

Unravelling Insights into the Evolution and Management of SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Ireland's healthcare students

Pandemic Open Data: Blessing or Curse?

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