COVID-19: How public health emergencies have been repurposed as security threats

Matthias Wienroth; Gabrielle Samuel; Arely Cruz-Santiago; Jodyn Platt

COVID-19: How public health emergencies have been repurposed as security threats

Matthias Wienroth, Gabrielle Samuel, Arely Cruz-Santiago, Jodyn Platt

Social Sciences Department

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is shedding light on the capacity of technology to trace and monitor the movement of individuals. This is not new. What is new is the discourse surrounding it, and the potential normalisation of this form of surveillance as a public health imperative. We draw on the concept of biosecuritisation to frame these issues.

Original language	English
Type	Blog post
Media of output	Online
Publisher	Ada Lovelace Institute
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2020

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