Epidemiology of self-care beyond the individual and the sanitary spheres.

Biomedica

Subdirección de Estudios Clínicos, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

Published: October 2020

AI Article Synopsis

  • The essay explores how global concern during the pandemic has focused on control measures to slow virus transmission while awaiting vaccine availability.
  • It highlights the extensive impact of governmental and social efforts on various sectors, extending beyond just health.
  • The author suggests using an epidemiological method to better understand risk control and advocates for promoting understanding of socialization processes rather than relying solely on coercive pandemic control measures.

Article Abstract

Amid the global pandemic crisis, international concern has centered on the control and prevention measures aimed at reducing the speed of the virus transmission while a more radical sanitary measure, such as vaccines, is achieved. Governmental and social efforts have had great impact on various sectors of society and their consequences have exceeded the sphere of health. This essay discusses the scope of specific measures in the sense of the appropriation of risk control measures and proposes the epidemiological method as an alternative that goes beyond the quantification of risks and the attribution of responsibilities. To conclude, the emphasis is placed on the need to promote information about socialization processes to better understand the consequences of individual acts favoring alternatives other than pandemic control based on the use of coercive measures.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676844PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5761DOI Listing

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