Panic, denial, and the search for "magic remedies: " the various social responses to covid-19 in Peru / Pánico, negación y la búsqueda de "remedios mágicos": las varias respuestas sociales a la covid-19 en Perú

Abstract Between March 2020 and March 2022, more than 213,000 Peruvians died of covid-19. In this research note, we will identify and analyze the various social responses to covid-19 in Peru: denial, panic, search for culprits, search for "magic remedies," and, in some sectors, mistrust towards the State and science. We argue that these social responses have been common throughout history, both in pandemics prior to the development of the bacteriological era and in the most recent ones. We intend to show that, in Peru, scientific ideas around health and disease coexist with religious ideas, conspiracy theories and traditional knowledge.

Resumen Entre marzo de 2020 y marzo de 2022, más de 213.000 peruanos fallecieron por covid-19. En esta nota de investigación, identificaremos las diversas respuestas sociales a la covid-19 en Perú: negación, pánico, búsqueda de culpables, búsqueda de "remedios mágicos" y, en algunos sectores, escepticismo y desconfianza hacia el Estado y la ciencia. Argumentamos que estas respuestas sociales han sido comunes a lo largo de la historia, tanto en las pandemias anteriores al desarrollo de la era bacteriológica como en las más recientes. Pretendemos mostrar que en el Perú conviven ideas científicas en torno a la salud y la enfermedad con ideas religiosas, teorías conspirativas y saberes tradicionales.

Cartografia da oferta pública e privada de serviços dirigidos à população idosa em Portugal / Mapping of the public and private offers of services for the elderly in Portugal

Resumo Este artigo problematiza a adequação das respostas sociais dirigidas às pessoas idosas, como parte integrante das políticas de proteção social na velhice, em expansão, em Portugal desde o processo de democratização e modernização do pós-25 de abril de 1974. São analisadas as respostas sociais dirigidas à população idosa desde 1974. Conclui-se por descoincidências e ausências que implicam redefinição de políticas com efetiva sincronização entre diagnósticos sociais e serviço público.

Abstract In this article it is discussed the adequacy of the social responses aimed at the elderly, as an integrating part of the social protection policies in old age. Such policies have been expanding in Portugal since the post-25th-of-April-of-1974 democratization and modernization process. The social responses aimed at the elderly from 1974 on are analyzed. The conclusion is that there are non-coincidences and absences that imply policy redefinition with effective synchronization between social diagnoses and the public service.