“People Have to Comply with the Measures”: Covid-19 in “Risk Society”

Abstract

Covid-19 is managed by many countries with the help of experts provided that people comply with the measures. This paper relies on the basic tenets of Beck’s theory of risk society to explain the production, distribution, and management of Covid-19 and makes suggestions for the management of future pandemics.

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Covid-19 risk society pandemics

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