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Title:
IS DISEASE CULTURAL? ANALYZING THE DIFFERENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN INDIA AND SPAIN

Authors:
Niamat Anand

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Niamat Anand
The Shri Ram School, Moulsari

MLA 8
Anand, Niamat. "IS DISEASE CULTURAL? ANALYZING THE DIFFERENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN INDIA AND SPAIN." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 7, July 2020, pp. 2029-2035, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=141. Accessed July 2020.
APA 6
Anand, N. (2020, July). IS DISEASE CULTURAL? ANALYZING THE DIFFERENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN INDIA AND SPAIN. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(7), 2029-2035. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=141
Chicago
Anand, Niamat. "IS DISEASE CULTURAL? ANALYZING THE DIFFERENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN INDIA AND SPAIN." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 7 (July 2020), 2029-2035. Accessed July, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=141.

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Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has been tackled most directly through the lens of the capitalist economy, coupled with epidemiological study. However, despite scientific data and progress being the driver of the trajectory of the pandemic, each country's response has been different and most often dictated by ideological leanings of the ruling government, and the culture particular to the country. The broad similarity is economic devastation and lack of measures to effectively assist the poorest and vulnerable, but culture is able to show the drivers behind each government’s varied response. This paper will shed light on the cultural and demographic influences that have shaped the responses to the pandemic, with a particular focus on India and Spain. In conducting this comparative analysis between India and Spain, the paper aims to expand the scope of the discussion about the ongoing pandemic, from purely economic terms to one that is more socially oriented but founded on scientific inquiry and data collection.

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