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Legislators' Plague: How History of Science Can Explain the Struggles of Universal Pandemic Responses

Legislators' Plague: How History of Science Can Explain the Struggles of Universal Pandemic Responses
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Author(s): José Ferraz-Caetano (REQUIMTE-LAQV, University of Porto, Portugal)and Bruno D. A. Pinheiro (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 13
Source title: Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Antonio Cortijo Ocaña (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)and Vicent Martines (University of Alicante, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7987-9.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter brings important novel insights and perspectives to the urging contemporary debate on public hygienist policies. The authors intend to explore how an episode of history of science can be used to explore the struggles of universal pandemic responses. The focus will be on the inception of science-based legislation, created to deal with public health emergencies, and their communication and social acceptance. They argue if any of the symptoms of science misinformation and a weak science foundation of legislative action identified in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic can be identified in an early 20th-century outbreak of bubonic plague in Portugal. They present a national legislative policy timeline towards the pandemic effort in the form of consolidated legislative responses to fight Porto's emerging pandemic in 1899. They also provide future studies on science-based policy with newfound material, aiding the characterization of the communication and eventual harmonization of concerted responses in preempting the spread of pandemics.

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