Strategies to Relieve a Social Stigma on COVID-19
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The coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic has wide impact on the quality of life of people, and the society and the economy of nations. The information of COVID-19 is limited because COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease. People are anxious, paranoid, and afraid of the virus infection because of its ambiguous information, causing social stigma. COVID-19 patients and quarantined suspects would be blamed, condemned, and socially rejected, resulting in physical, psychological, social, living and career impacts. Decreasing stigma plays an important role in COVID-19 patients and its quarantined suspects. The reduction of social stigma includes 4 strategies, consisting of 1) Changing people mindsets, 2) Establishing good new normal lifestyles, 3) Performing supportive social networks, and 4) Promoting social responsibility. These strategies will be able to reduce social stigma, be a great guideline for social collaboration, and increase self-confidence and quality of life of COVID-19 patients and quarantined suspects.
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