Wyrod Robert, Bravo Matthew
Department of Women and Gender Studies, International Affairs Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2025 Jun;27(6):767-781. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2401006. Epub 2024 Sep 7.
This paper is one of the few to examine how people who have lived through both COVID-19 and AIDS understand these pandemics in relation to each other. Data were collected in Uganda, and we found that the AIDS epidemic proved to be a key reference point for people in explaining why COVID-19 was perceived as so worrisome. In addition, AIDS-related stigma was a problematically common frame when discussing responsibility for HIV versus SARS-CoV-2 infection, and there was evidence of some forgetfulness regarding the toll AIDS had taken on the country. More positively, the legacy of AIDS made many people more attentive to social inequalities tied to health risks, and this at times prompted a more nuanced understanding of the socially varied effects of COVID-19. Overall, we argue that how individuals respond to a novel epidemic is shaped not only by their understandings of current threats but also by enduring perceptions of epidemics and pandemics that may have preceded it.
本文是为数不多的研究经历过新冠疫情和艾滋病的人如何相互关联地理解这两种大流行病的文章之一。数据在乌干达收集，我们发现，事实证明，艾滋病疫情是人们解释为何认为新冠疫情如此令人担忧的关键参照点。此外，在讨论对艾滋病毒感染与新冠病毒感染应承担的责任时，与艾滋病相关的污名是一个普遍存在的问题框架，而且有证据表明，人们对艾滋病给该国造成的损失有些遗忘。更积极的一面是，艾滋病的遗留影响使许多人更加关注与健康风险相关的社会不平等，这有时促使人们对新冠疫情在社会层面的不同影响有更细致入微的理解。总体而言，我们认为，个人对新出现的流行病的反应不仅受其对当前威胁的理解影响，还受其对之前可能出现的流行病和大流行病的持久认知影响。
