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. 2021 Jun 7;43(2):e317-e318.
doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab014.

An ayuda to the least advantaged: providing a program for those who were hit the hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ivan Efreaim A Gozum  1 , Harvey Gain M Capulong  1 , Joseph Renus F Galang  1 , Jose Ma W Gopez  1
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An ayuda to the least advantaged: providing a program for those who were hit the hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ivan Efreaim A Gozum et al. J Public Health (Oxf). .

Abstract

In a recent article, it was reported that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the economic situation of some countries. It led to some people losing jobs amidst the difficult situation that the pandemic caused. Thus, this paper discusses the need to provide a program for the least advantaged citizens so that they can still experience their basic liberties. The least advantaged citizens, as Rawls deem them, are the ones who lost jobs and incomes were hit the hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; ayuda; distributive justice; least advantaged; well-being.

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