😷 Viruses and pandemics don’t discriminate.

8 Apr 2024

😷 Viruses and pandemics don’t discriminate. They affect everyone, but not everyone is affected equally. Factors such as class, age, geographic location, ethnicity, and gender intersect and dramatically impact a person’s ability to navigate and recover from a pandemic. Considering and understanding the intersectional ways people experience a pandemic is essential to equalizing access to health and medicine. In the latest episode of the #Fem4PeoplesVaccine podcast, researcher and PhD candidate Cristiane Pereira talks with Sara Davis, a Griffith University professor and deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Centre for Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Cristiane and Sara discuss the tyranny of the urgent or how emergencies should not justify governments rolling out a one-size-fits-all pandemic response. A fair and just pandemic response must consider the needs and rights of vulnerable populations.