A REALIDADE DAS POPULAÇÕES SUBALTERNIZADAS EM TEMPOS DE COVID-19 NO BRASIL

• Published in: Holos (Natal, RN) Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 1 - 19
• Main Authors: Arruda, D De O, Santos, C O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Natal Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte 01-01-2021
• Subjects: Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Pandemics; Populations; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• ISSN: 1518-1634; 1807-1600
• DOI: 10.15628/holos.2021.11654

ABSTRACT This article aims to problematize the reality of subalternized populations in Brazil, exposing the way in which Covid-19 makes even more sensitive the conjuncture of death and suffering historically relegated to these subjects. [...]the problematizations of this article reveal that Covid-19 is one of the many elements that exterminate subjects who live under very precarious material conditions, are unable to access public policies and establish self-care strategies. Without intending to exhaust the theme, the article ends by calling for social, political and economic structures to be more sensitive to people, especially those in a situation of subordination, especially in a pandemic situation. Desde o surgimento dos primeiros casos de Covid-19 na China, ainda no final de 2019, a doença já matou mais de 1,3 milhôes de pessoas em todo o mundo, numa dinámica em que os números de infectados e mortos pelo vírus continuam a subir ao longo do mes de novembro de 2020, época em que nos debruçamos na escrita deste texto e que o mundo mergulha, paulatinamente, na chamada "segunda onda" de infecçöes e mortes pelo Covid-19 (Word Health Organization, 2020).