Solidarity at the Needle Point - the Intersection of Compassion and Containment during the A(H1N1) Pandemic in Sweden 2009

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ID13091164
AuthorsBritta Lundgren (0000-0002-6463-2483, Umeå University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume4
Issue12
Pages1108-1116
Publication date2016-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179
PublisherHorizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.13189/sa.2016.041210
OpenAlexW2559086379
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

During the start of the A(H1N1) pandemic 2009, the WHO talked of the pandemic as an extreme expression of the global need for solidarity, and vaccination as the preferred national response. While seasonal vaccination mostly is framed as an individual benefit, the pandemic mass-vaccination in Sweden was framed in terms of solidarity. In the context of public health in Sweden, solidarity has worked as a rational evidence-based argument for politicians as proof of a reflexive and confident welfare nation. Solidarity was also perceived as an emotion that was possible to enact in bodily practice and would serve the goal of reaching herd immunity for the population. In this article these

Compassion · Containment (computer programming · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Geography · Intersection (aeronautics · Pandemic · Political science · Sociology · Solidarity · Computer Science · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Resilience and Mental Health · Internal Medicine

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