Causes and consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic From the immobility of humanity to the deconcentrated movement of people

Abstract

The prevention of community transmission of viruses and the diseases they carry requires differentiated analysis. This paper aims to address some of the measures that have been implemented in the framework of the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, from a critical socio-legal approach of inclusion through the exercise of rights. The text begins with a brief analysis of the causes that are at the genesis of the pandemics, focusing on the role of the Modern States and their neoliberal policies, with respect to the rights of the peoples that make them up. Subsequently, an analysis is made of the social and health measures aimed at managing the consequences of the pandemic, especially those adopted to prevent community transmission of the SARS-Cov-19 virus, with emphasis on the so-called preventive and obligatory social isolation. It goes on to detail the situations of the most vulnerable groups in society, such as women, single-parent families, indigenous peoples, the migrant population and precarious workers. Finally, it proposes a model for dealing with disasters, catastrophes and other critical situations such as pandemics, based on selective restriction of rights and community containment of the mental health of the entire population.