{"product_id":"the-unequal-pandemic-9781447361237","title":"The Unequal Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eRated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/culture\/2021\/07\/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nIt has been claimed that we are ‘all in it together’ and that the COVID-19 virus ‘does not discriminate’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis accessible, yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an ‘equal opportunity’ disease, by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nDrawing on international data and accounts, it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally, been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThese inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies, we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nCOVID-19 is an unequal pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Bambra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42959835889782,"sku":"9781447361237","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_07a3f8dd-848f-4c23-bb5b-4994c0a740fe.jpg?v=1767778062","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-unequal-pandemic-9781447361237","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}