COVID-19: Dealing with fear and stigma vanguardnews
WHAT would you do if you woke up in the morning and found out you had recently come in contact with someone who tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19?
Would you call 08000CORONA to get yourself tested for the disease? Is your heart beating heavily right now, just weighing all the possibilities and what they could mean for you and your family? But while it was essential to encourage the practices that would contain the spread of the virus, it became more difficult to deduce what was reliable and safe.
This largely stems from the fact that news on the COVID-19 disease, which continues to evolve, is characterised by extreme uncertainty. Much about the coronavirus remains unclear, including the health complications it may cause to the human body, its spread, and whether antibodies can deliver long-lasting immunity. This reflects in the insufficient or contradictory data and statistical shortcomings.
People might want to avoid the consequences of a positive result, and so some live in denial that the disease exists. Those who fear that they have contracted it fail to get tested because of the waiting list in testing centres and fear of the perceived pain and discomfort of the test procedure itself.
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