The actions proposed by the states in time of pandemic

Two years ago; When we all believed that the year 2020 was going to be good, we were
surprised by an unknown virus, the Latin American population and the whole world had
to go through a problem; which was the increase in deaths caused by COVID-19.
Clearly, this turned into one of the most serious health crises we've had in the last 20
years. This whole situation created in us a fear of contagion, even of dying from this
disease, and each one of us faced this crisis in different ways; However, there were
events that we cannot justify in any way, such as the isolation of people who could be
exposed to or infected with this disease. After having investigated, I have formulated
the following question: Were the measures promoted by governments to combat
discrimination by SARS-CoV-2 efficient? From my point of view, decided orders have
never been effective; These could hardly have been good for our community because
the concern of the residents and us for our health generated social stigmatization in
several areas. Established laws would have achieved optimal results only if their
purpose was to eliminate stigmatization. Next, I will present my arguments to support
my position.

Definitely, the inefficiency of the decisions to face this problem was evidenced in the cases of
devaluation of health personnel in Latin American countries. First of all; several cases of
discrimination were presented when the pandemic began, in Colombia, several declarations had
been presented of different health workers, pointing out that they were victims of
discrimination, such as the testimony of Cristian Botache, a doctor in Cali, one of the main
cities in Colombia, who told local media that he was expelled from his home because of his
neighbors because he worked as a professional in a hospital. After publicizing the cases of
discrimination, the media reported another incident of exclusion in public transportation; in this
case, the passengers did not allow anyone who worked in a hospital to enter the transit vehicle;
doctors had to keep all their health supplies when they were going to get on a bus and health
personnel could get on the bus only if they were not working. Secondly, having seen the
increase in situations of aggression against doctors and nurses, the United Nations System in
that country expresses its concern. Likewise, in the first year of the pandemic there were cases
of segregation against health personnel, doctors had to take refuge in hotel rooms when they
were expelled from their homes by their neighbors because they were afraid of contagion.

In conclusion; definitely, It is undeniable that the regulations have not been effective because
the concern of Latin Americans for their health prompted social contempt for alleged carriers of
the disease. This is clearly evident in the extreme decision-making to protect their health. For
this reason, an increase in situations of aggression against medical personnel was recorded, as
an example of this, we have the testimony of Fernando Gaitán, who was threatened by his
neighbors so that he will leave the building in which he resided. He could return home only if he
stopped working at the hospital. These attacks not only occur against health personnel, even
homeless people were also victims of these, since due to their situation, they could not comply
with the restriction of social isolation in their homes or apply other basic preventive measures.
In addition, after being proposed, the state orders have not provided optimal results.
due to the social stigmatization generated by the fear of a possible contagion of one of the
variants of the Wuhan flu. In my opinion, we should have been more aware of the consequences
of the decisions of our behavior towards medical personnel or other people because social
discrimination in that period of time caused the disintegration of majority groups in our society
and could also harm the life of each one of the victims of the attacks and their families.