The Causes of Disease Impact Denialism in Nicaragua's Response to  COVID ‐19 | Zendy

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The Causes of Disease Impact Denialism in Nicaragua's Response to COVID ‐19

Author(s) -

Buben Radek,

Kouba Karel

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

bulletin of latin american research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1470-9856

pISSN - 0261-3050

DOI - 10.1111/blar.13176

Subject(s) - politics , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , political science , public health , disease , political economy , development economics , law and economics , sociology , law , economics , medicine , philosophy , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , nursing , pathology

The response of the Nicaraguan government to the COVID‐19 emergency is an extreme case of disease denialism. Such denialism is a major threat to public health, so understanding the sources of this attitude is paramount. Three explanations are offered: (a) the autonomous logic of a polarised political conflict; (b) an explanation based on an economic rationale; and (c) the regime's mystical and religiously‐inspired discourse. The denialist response of the government is inexplicable without referring to the characteristics of the political regime, its political discourse and its recent developmental trajectories since the massive 2018 protests and the ensuing political conflict.

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