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COVID-19: our last teachable moment

Author(s) -

Gerard Hastings

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

emerald open research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2631-3952

DOI - 10.35241/emeraldopenres.13603.2

Subject(s) - teachable moment , disadvantaged , covid-19 , tragedy (event) , action (physics) , business , political science , sociology , economic growth , psychology , economics , medicine , social science , psychoanalysis , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty)

COVID-19 is bringing hardship and tragedy. Health workers are having to take appalling risks; loved ones are being lost; lockdown is causing great distress. And, as always in testing times, the disadvantaged are being hit worst. As we emerge from the shadows, the call from the vested interests, from the systems current winners, will be for a rapid return to business as usual. We must resist this; business as usual got us into this mess. COVID-19 is trying to tell us something; we health educators and social marketers must listen, think and, above all, take action.

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