Is Pandemic a Class-Ridden? An Appraisal from New York City

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ID13036035
AuthorsAbin Ojha (corresponding author)
Peer ReviewedNo
Open AccessNo
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

“The virus does not see race, caste, class, gender, region, religion, language, and border.” This is a ubiquitous saying, but pandemics hit the vulnerable sections of the society the hardest, which has been proved many times in history. Today, this fact is verified again. Covid-19 attacks the poor and the marginalized sections of the community severely; these groups have had more infected and lost more lives than others. Why do diseases impact the poor and marginal sections of the community more than other groups? The template answer says that this— because of their ghettoized living conditions, lack of hygienic foods, and poor health conditions and medical facilities. This article tries to assess why the poor and working-class suffers more from such pandemics from a sociological lens. Various quantitative information and qualitative understandings have been apprised in the article to assess why the poor and working-class suffers more in such pandemics. Various newspaper articles and research work were reviewed to analyze facts and situations. This article reflected the situation of minorities amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-pandemic situation. The discussion and conclusion derived in the paper may not be generalized

Caste · Class (philosophy · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Media studies · Newspaper · Pandemic · Political science · Race (biology · Sociology · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Gender Studies · Law