The Pandemic Challenge: Reflections on the Social Justice Dynamic

The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, and the disease caused by it, COVID-19, has disrupted life around the world Typically living in medically underserved and impoverished situations, the profoundly disparate health conditions marking these populations have been magnified in the wake of COVID-19 in keeping with persistent social inequalities and inequities Basic topics include how COVID-19 - and future health disasters - can affect the individual, group, and place-specific health and general wellbeing, and how related factors can contribute to or help ameliorate health disparities and inequities, including issues of preparedness and planning, particularly in terms of resource distributions [Extracted from the article] Copyright of World Medical & Health Policy is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )