Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Faculdade de Formação de Professores, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2021 Jan 11;36(12):e00208720. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00208720. eCollection 2021.
This Essay reflects on how socio-spatial inequalities and geographic situations condition the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, as well as actions to deal with the pandemic, with arguments backed by the literature. Socio-spatial inequality is defined as a process and structural condition of a territory marked by inherited and updated vulnerabilities, resulting from a relationship of exploitation, spoliation, and oppression in the current period of globalization. The authors argue that the COVID-19 pandemic can have more serious repercussions in contexts of greater socio-spatial inequality, with systemic and chronic deepening of the economic and social crises in places. Still, actions matter, including collaboration between different groups, institutions, and sectors. The analysis of geographic situation contributes to understanding the inherited territory and different experiences with COVID-19, inextricably linked to the conditions and meanings of action in the face of the pandemic in each place. Geographic situation expresses the tension between freedom and the condition for action. The crisis is not only a health crisis, but a manifestation of the current time, and inequality proves to be the most serious emergency of the 21st century.
这篇文章反思了社会空间不平等和地理环境如何影响巴西的 COVID-19 大流行，以及应对大流行的行动，并通过文献支持论点。社会空间不平等被定义为一个由继承和更新的脆弱性所标记的领土的过程和结构条件，这是全球化时代剥削、掠夺和压迫关系的结果。作者认为，COVID-19 大流行在社会空间不平等程度更高的情况下可能会产生更严重的影响，在这些地方，经济和社会危机正在系统地和慢性地加深。然而，行动至关重要，包括不同群体、机构和部门之间的合作。对地理环境的分析有助于理解继承的领土和在 COVID-19 方面的不同经验，这些经验与每个地方应对大流行的条件和行动意义密不可分。地理环境表达了自由和行动条件之间的紧张关系。这场危机不仅是一场卫生危机，也是当前时代的一种表现，不平等被证明是 21 世纪最严重的紧急情况。
